Bone box w/paper silk cover

Museum number:
9-21008
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4653
Description:
Wooden box and lid with cover of gold and white silk brocade over stiff paper, with a white silk tassel on one side. A container for cremated remains.
Donor:
Roderic Kenji Tierney
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
September 1, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Bone box w/paper silk cover, accession number 9-21008, described as Wooden box and lid with cover of gold and white silk brocade over stiff paper, with a white silk tassel on one side. A container for cremated remains.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bone box w/paper silk cover, accession number 9-21008, described as Wooden box and lid with cover of gold and white silk brocade over stiff paper, with a white silk tassel on one side. A container for cremated remains.

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