Object name: Basket, nekoda / Collection place: Honshū, Japan / Donor: Dai Williams - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, nekoda, accession number 9-22883, described as A woven basket made of rice straw.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, nekoda, accession number 9-22962, described as Rice straw bag for carrying lunch when working in the mountains. Has good insulating qualities so that, even in cold weather any hot food would remain warm. While they worked they hung the bag from a branch. The nekoda's construction utilized such techniques as twisting and layering to create strength and comfort.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, nekoda, accession number 9-22909, described as A woven basket (nekoda) most likely carried with an all-purpose rope.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, nekoda, accession number 9-22963, described as A woven basket carried by farmers or mountain people when they went to work in the paddies or forests. It would hold their obentobako, lunchbox.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, nekoda, accession number 9-22882, described as A woven basket.