Box

Museum number:
9-21009a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210921009a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4653
Description:
Wooden box and lid with cover of silver on white silk brocade over stiff paper, with a white silk tassel on one side. Piece of outter wrapping detatached. A container for cremated remains. Inside container is a white silk square of fabric and black/white bow, 6/4/12 AT. "bone box w/paper silk cover, loose cover, ribbon in
Donor:
Roderic Kenji Tierney
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
September 1, 1994
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-21009a,b, described as Wooden box and lid with cover of silver on white silk brocade over stiff paper, with a white silk tassel on one side. Piece of outter wrapping detatached. A container for cremated remains. Inside container is a white silk square of fabric and black/white bow, 6/4/12 AT. "bone box w/paper silk cover, loose cover, ribbon in
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-21009a,b, described as Wooden box and lid with cover of silver on white silk brocade over stiff paper, with a white silk tassel on one side. Piece of outter wrapping detatached. A container for cremated remains. Inside container is a white silk square of fabric and black/white bow, 6/4/12 AT. "bone box w/paper silk cover, loose cover, ribbon in

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