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Start Over Collection place Iwate Prefecture, North Tohoku, Tohoku region Function 1.2 Gathering
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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Back cushion, museum number 9-23021, described as Long and wide rectangular back cushion woven from rice straw ("wara") and linden bast ("shina") with slight widening along the middle latitudinally. Shoulder straps fold over and attach to lower half via thick braided cord. Horizontal braid woven continuously along entire body and shoulder straps; single-plait braid along edges form seam. Pieces of cotton rag of various colors are woven into horizontal braids at bottom (red and black), midpoint (blue), and straps (red). Straw and cotton cord in a T-shape connects the straps to one another and to the body of the cushion. length - 28", width - 11.5", thickness - 1.5
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Back cushion, museum number 9-23019, described as Narrow rectangular back cushion woven from cattail ("gama") with wide shoulder straps that narrows slightly at bottom. Straps are attached to lower half of back cushion via cordage. Braided horizontally in continuous pattern that extends entire length of cushion and through shoulder straps. Untwisted straw braided in single plait forms thick, rounded seams along the left and right edges, with cotton rags of various colors tied at equal intervals along this seam. length - 26", width - 10", thickness - 1
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, museum number 9-22947, described as A woven basket.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, museum number 9-22912, no description available.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, amikago (?), museum number 9-22951, described as A woven basket.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, biku, museum number 9-22975a,b, described as a - woven basket; b - fabric (?)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kago, museum number 9-22969, described as A woven basket made in about 1955 and was used for sowing beans or collecting nuts.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kago, museum number 9-23042, described as Large basket, or "kago," woven from wild grapevine bark with linden ("shina") cords.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kodasu, museum number 9-23051, described as Basket made entirely from either Zelkova serrata, a species of deciduous tree in Japan known as "keyaki," or the bark of white birch ("shirakaba"), with a carrying cord possibly made of sedge ("suge"). Intended to be worn as a backpack.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, kodasu, museum number 9-22911, 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.