Physical Object / Tea cloth

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Title: Tea cloth
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: California State University, Sacramento Library
Collection: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
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Description: The chakin is a small white linen cloth that is used to clean and dry the teabowl. In the process of cleansing, the chakin also acts to purify the object it touches. The chakin is seen here folded in the traditional manner, as it would be used in the majority of tea procedures (temae).
Type: physical object
Format: 5 3/4""h x 11 1/8""w
Linen
Identifier: 2005.05.0060
61
Case 2, Shelf 2
421.cpd
http://csus.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/teaware/id/420
Subject: Chakin
Japanese tea ceremony
Tea making paraphernalia
Relation: Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection

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