Basket, hakego
- Museum number:
- 9-22906
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090022906
- Alternate number:
- Akebi 12 (original number, Collector's number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4789
- Description:
- A woven basket. Only fragments of the carrying cords remain but it is obvious that it was worn on the back, in kubikake style, the cord crossing the shoulders and secured at the chest. Traces of a cord at the base of the basket suggest that it was also tied around the waist.
- Donor:
- Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
- Collection place:
- Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture, South Tohoku
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Dai Williams
- Collection date:
- December 15, 1997
- Materials:
- Akebia vine, Cotton (textile) (contains traces of cotton or a cotton-like fiber), and Rice straw (cords)
- 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 3.4 centimeters, whole and parts— circumference 1.9 meters, whole and parts— depth 13 centimeters, whole and parts— height 40 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 2.5 millimeters, whole and parts— thickness 2.5 millimeters, whole and parts— weight 615 grams, and whole and parts— width 42 centimeters
- Comment:
- As akebia vine dries out with age, it becomes far more fragile. Damage to the lower part of this example has been repaired with wild grapevine bark. Like construction of the basket itself, the repairs appear rough and ready.
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