Raw material, miyama-irakusa

Museum number:
9-23205
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
bundle of light colored raw material, miyama-irakusa (nettlelike plant) used in the manufacture of Japanese rural basketry. miyama-irakusa Laportea macrostachya[ja] (Laportea macrostachya) - Nettlelike plants
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Kamiyamaguchi Genbi-chō Ichinoseki City, Iwate Prefecture
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
September 23, 1995
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— depth 0.5 inches, whole— length 11 inches, and whole— width 3 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Raw material, miyama-irakusa, accession number 9-23205, described as bundle of light colored raw material, miyama-irakusa (nettlelike plant) used in the manufacture of Japanese rural basketry. miyama-irakusa Laportea macrostachya[ja] (Laportea macrostachya) - Nettlelike plantsHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Raw material, miyama-irakusa, accession number 9-23205, described as bundle of light colored raw material, miyama-irakusa (nettlelike plant) used in the manufacture of Japanese rural basketry. miyama-irakusa Laportea macrostachya[ja] (Laportea macrostachya) - Nettlelike plantsHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Raw material, miyama-irakusa, accession number 9-23205, described as bundle of light colored raw material, miyama-irakusa (nettlelike plant) used in the manufacture of Japanese rural basketry. miyama-irakusa Laportea macrostachya[ja] (Laportea macrostachya) - Nettlelike plants

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