Collection place: Sannohe District, Aomori Prefecture, North Tohoku / Donor: Karin Nelson - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kodasu, accession number 9-22910, described as A woven basket worn at the waist when collecting acorns in the mountains in autumn. Once it was full it was emptied into a larger basket in which the crop was carried home.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kodasu, accession number 9-22905, described as A woven basket that would be worn on the back.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kodasu, accession number 9-23034, described as Basket, called "kodasu" in Japanese, woven from linden bast ("shina") with cotton cords. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, senakaate, accession number 9-22972, described as A woven bag intended to carry tools and food from home to work, which was usually in the mountains. Also to protect the back from heavy or awkward loads like firewood on the return journey.

Hearst Museum object titled Hemp, asa, accession number 9-23235, described as ball of hemp, asa

Hearst Museum object titled Raw material, accession number 9-23215a-i, described as raw material used in the manufacture of rural Japanese basketry.

Hearst Museum object titled Raw material, shina, accession number 9-23219a,b, described as Two bundles of mada (shina) linden bast, raw material used in the manufacture of rural Japanese basketry.

Hearst Museum object titled Thread, irakusa, accession number 9-23201, described as small wound bundle of raw material thread, irakusa (nettle)