Wooden Y-shaped twining rod wrapped in twined plant fiber, terminated in twined plant fiber ball.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
May 1997
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole with ball balanced on rod— length 19.5 inches, whole with ball balanced on rod— depth 5 inches, and whole with ball balanced on rod— width 6 inches