A woven basket. The arrangement of the cords suggests that it was carried either over the shoulder or on the back.
Donor:
Estate of Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Kansai region
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
November 21, 1996
Materials:
Cotton (textile) (cords), Palm (very thin weft cords), and Rice straw (very high quality)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole and parts— thickness 5 millimeters, whole and parts— height 19.5 centimeters, whole and parts— volume 7800 cubicCentimeters, whole and parts— width 33 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 1 millimeters, whole and parts— weight 725 grams, whole and parts— circumference 90 centimeters, whole and parts— depth 12.5 centimeters, whole and parts— length 68 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 4.5 millimeters, and whole and parts— width 32 centimeters
Comment:
This is a rather sophisticated and extremely well made basket. While the construction technique is not known, it appears that it was not made on a frame. The lid appears to have been made of a komodai where the palm cords act as the warps. ??Yabane sections?? A pair of rice straw cords are added to each end.