Rope and raw material

Museum number:
9-23182a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923182a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
A) is a bundle of dark and light raw material. B) is a corded rope of raw material.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Taketomi Island, Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Islands
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
February 1, 1996
Materials:
Hemp (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ropework (genre by technique) and Ropework (visual works)
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole B— length 18 inches, whole A— width 3 inches, whole B— depth 1.75 inches, whole A— depth 1.5 inches, whole B— width 2.25 inches, and whole A— length 20 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rope and raw material, accession number 9-23182a,b, described as A) is a bundle of dark and light raw material. B) is a corded rope of raw material.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rope and raw material, accession number 9-23182a,b, described as A) is a bundle of dark and light raw material. B) is a corded rope of raw material.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rope and raw material, accession number 9-23182a,b, described as A) is a bundle of dark and light raw material. B) is a corded rope of raw material.

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