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Hearst Museum object titled Backpack basket, seio-kago, accession number 9-23050, described as Backpack basket, or "seio-kago," woven from cypress bark ("hinoki"), originally collected in 1929 for the Attic Museum. The dealer Sunagawa-san said that it was from another dealer in Hotaka in northern Nagano Prefecture. It is knitted in the simplest "ichimatsu" design. Two "loops" made of a weft spanning 3 warps are in the third row of wefts from the rim.

Hearst Museum object titled Backpack frame with sickle, accession number 9-23974a,b, described as model of "Chinese" backpack frame (tojingarui) made by Kai Katsuyoshi, with small all wood sickle

Hearst Museum object titled Satchel, accession number 9-16299, described as Satchel, plain twining with plaited top and two-ply carrying cord; natural color with vertical stripes of alternating purple and orange; brown cotton (?); cordage used in twining; flat rectangular base. Native name saranip. Duplicate of aboriginal example, made to order for the Lowie [Hearst Museum]. See letter from Mrs. Ifukube in accession envelope. Would be used to carry vegetables in the field, for fish or game and while hunting in the mountains. Aboriginal example would be un-dyed.

Hearst Museum object titled Satchel, accession number 9-16298, described as Satchel, plain twining with plaited top and carrying cord; natural color with some dyed green and red areas; twining is in white cotton cordage; flat, rectangular base. Native name saranip. Duplicate of aboriginal example, made to order for the Lowie [Hearst Museum]. See letter from Mrs. Ifukube in accession envelope. Would be used to carry vegetables in the field, for fish or game and while hunting in the mountains. Aboriginal example would be un-dyed.