Sedge, iwashiba

Museum number:
9-23195
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Object count:
1
Description:
Sedge or "iwashiba" (also generically known as "suge"). Raw material for "biku.
Donor:
Estate of Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Yunishikawa, Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
October 1996
Materials:
Sedge
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketmaking supplies
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 11 inches, length 20 inches, and depth 2.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sedge, iwashiba, accession number 9-23195, described as Sedge or "iwashiba" (also generically known as "suge"). Raw material for "biku.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sedge, iwashiba, accession number 9-23195, described as Sedge or "iwashiba" (also generically known as "suge"). Raw material for "biku.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sedge, iwashiba, accession number 9-23195, described as Sedge or "iwashiba" (also generically known as "suge"). Raw material for "biku.

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