Wooden chest

Museum number:
9-18901
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4571
Description:
Case, wood, rectangular; lacquered leaf and scroll design on exterior; lacquered garden scene on front of drawers; 2 sliding drawers with two longitudinal dividers; vertical panel cover with lock and 2 keys (lock not functioning/keys in lower right drawer); carrying handle at top; case used to store netsuke in this accession
Donor:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden chest, accession number 9-18901, described as Case, wood, rectangular; lacquered leaf and scroll design on exterior; lacquered garden scene on front of drawers; 2 sliding drawers with two longitudinal dividers; vertical panel cover with lock and 2 keys (lock not functioning/keys in lower right drawer); carrying handle at top; case used to store netsuke in this accession
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden chest, accession number 9-18901, described as Case, wood, rectangular; lacquered leaf and scroll design on exterior; lacquered garden scene on front of drawers; 2 sliding drawers with two longitudinal dividers; vertical panel cover with lock and 2 keys (lock not functioning/keys in lower right drawer); carrying handle at top; case used to store netsuke in this accession

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