Basket, kodashi

Museum number:

9-22921

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Alternate number:

Hiba 3 (original number, Collector's number)

Accession number:

Acc.4789

Description:

A woven basket with evidence of wear and failure, although it is relatively well made and efficient.

Donor:

Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson

Collection place:

Japan

Verbatim coll. place:

Unknown - acquired from a dealer from Gunma Prefecture who, in turn, bought it from a dealer in Yamagata Prefecture

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Dai Williams

Collection date:

December 25, 1996

Materials:

Bark (plant material) (body), Bark (plant material) (loops at rim), and Manila hemp (fiber) (carrying cord)

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— depth 11 centimeters, whole and parts— weight 900 grams, whole and parts— height 2 centimeters, whole and parts— height 35 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 1.5 centimeters, whole and parts— circumference 91 centimeters, whole and parts— width 45 centimeters, and whole and parts— thickness 1.4 centimeters

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