Cocoon cutter

Museum number:
9-9281
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090009281
Accession number:
Acc.2279
Description:
Cocoon cutter; scoop shaped wooden box with rotating wood handle attached to a pointed steel shaft; length 35 cm.
Donor:
Brian Shekeloff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai region
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Kyoto
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
August 22, 1967
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Cocoon cutter, accession number 9-9281, described as Cocoon cutter; scoop shaped wooden box with rotating wood handle attached to a pointed steel shaft; length 35 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Cocoon cutter, accession number 9-9281, described as Cocoon cutter; scoop shaped wooden box with rotating wood handle attached to a pointed steel shaft; length 35 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cocoon cutter, accession number 9-9281, described as Cocoon cutter; scoop shaped wooden box with rotating wood handle attached to a pointed steel shaft; length 35 cm.

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