A woven basket carried on the back. As its name suggests, it was used as a handbag for shopping or carrying light items.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Yamagata Prefecture, South Tohoku, Tohoku region
Verbatim coll. place:
unknown but probably Yamagata Prefecture
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
April 21, 1995
Materials:
Vine (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole and parts— width 42 centimeters, whole and parts— weight 510 grams, whole and parts— height 40.5 centimeters, and whole and parts— depth 10 centimeters