A woven basket worn at the waist when collecting acorns in the mountains in autumn. Once it was full it was emptied into a larger basket in which the crop was carried home.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Ichinohe, Ninohe District, Iwate Prefecture
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
December 27, 1996
Materials:
Linden (wood)
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— height 3.2 centimeters, whole and parts— height 26.5 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 1.2 millimeters, whole and parts— thickness 1.2 millimeters, whole and parts— circumference 20 centimeters, whole and parts— weight 433 grams, and whole and parts— circumference 20 centimeters