Basketry

Museum number:
9-17242
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090017242
Accession number:
Acc.3934
Description:
Utensil for kitchen, (scoop?). Bamboo, rattan, wire. Slice of bamboo cut (4 cm,) from plant node handle split into strips and woven with additional strips in diagonal pattern; reinforced edges of bamboo, wire, and rattan binding; bottom has thin bamboo pieces woven into scoop. Kitchen utensil. (Country market), Japan, unsp. Lg. 22.5 cm., W. 14.5 cm.
Donor:
Beth Harnex MacLafferty Blake
Collection place:
Japan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
April 1, 1984
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry, accession number 9-17242, described as Utensil for kitchen, (scoop?). Bamboo, rattan, wire. Slice of bamboo cut (4 cm,) from plant node handle split into strips and woven with additional strips in diagonal pattern; reinforced edges of bamboo, wire, and rattan binding; bottom has thin bamboo pieces woven into scoop. Kitchen utensil. (Country market), Japan, unsp. Lg. 22.5 cm., W. 14.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Basketry, accession number 9-17242, described as Utensil for kitchen, (scoop?). Bamboo, rattan, wire. Slice of bamboo cut (4 cm,) from plant node handle split into strips and woven with additional strips in diagonal pattern; reinforced edges of bamboo, wire, and rattan binding; bottom has thin bamboo pieces woven into scoop. Kitchen utensil. (Country market), Japan, unsp. Lg. 22.5 cm., W. 14.5 cm.

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