Basket, kodasu

Museum number:
9-23051
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Kaba 3
Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
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.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Iwate Prefecture, North Tohoku, Tohoku region
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Materials:
Bark (plant material) (tree bark) and Sedge
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 16 inches, whole— volume 12456 cubicCentimeters, whole— width 4.5 inches, whole— length 170 centimeters, whole— height 17.5 inches, and whole— weight 1044 grams
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Basket, kodasu, accession 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.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Basket, kodasu, accession 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.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Basket, kodasu, accession 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.

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