Carrying frame, shoi-bashigo

Museum number:
9-23101
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
A backpack frame (shoi-bashigo) used for carrying heavy loads on the back.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Materials:
Grapevine (wild grapevine bark, cord?) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— height 53.75 inches, whole— width 16.5 inches, and whole— depth 4 inches
Comment:
Two wood posts connected by four smaller wooden posts form the frame. It is wrapped at the bottom half in (possibly) grapevine bark. There are two cords at the bottom corners that are attached in the middle of the frame to a longer cord of a different material.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying frame, shoi-bashigo, accession number 9-23101, described as A backpack frame (shoi-bashigo) used for carrying heavy loads on the back.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying frame, shoi-bashigo, accession number 9-23101, described as A backpack frame (shoi-bashigo) used for carrying heavy loads on the back.

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