Mold

Museum number:
9-9267
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
208 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2279
Description:
mold; sugar candy mold, dark-stained rectangular wood w/self handle; three deeply carved birds on one face, 3 Japanese characters (letter) on opp. face; 1. 30 cm.
Donor:
Brian Shekeloff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Kyōto, Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai region
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Kyoto unsp.
Collector:
Brian Shekeloff
Collection date:
1965-1967
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
August 22, 1967
Context of use:
mold used by professional candy maker for sugar candy used in tea ceremony (somewhat like Western maple sugar candy). for translation of the Japanese characters see acc. env.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Entered by Rachel Marks 6/2/06
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mold, accession number 9-9267, described as mold; sugar candy mold, dark-stained rectangular wood w/self handle; three deeply carved birds on one face, 3 Japanese characters (letter) on opp. face; 1. 30 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mold, accession number 9-9267, described as mold; sugar candy mold, dark-stained rectangular wood w/self handle; three deeply carved birds on one face, 3 Japanese characters (letter) on opp. face; 1. 30 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mold, accession number 9-9267, described as mold; sugar candy mold, dark-stained rectangular wood w/self handle; three deeply carved birds on one face, 3 Japanese characters (letter) on opp. face; 1. 30 cm.

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