Box

Museum number:
9-117
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Accession number:
Acc.143
Description:
Square box of dark-colred wood with silver inscription on cover. Yellow tie-string. Pouch 9-118 found inside. Possibly for tea caddy. Box and lid.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-117, described as Square box of dark-colred wood with silver inscription on cover. Yellow tie-string. Pouch 9-118 found inside. Possibly for tea caddy. Box and lid.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-117, described as Square box of dark-colred wood with silver inscription on cover. Yellow tie-string. Pouch 9-118 found inside. Possibly for tea caddy. Box and lid.

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