Raw material, irakusa
- Museum number:
- 9-23220
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090023220
- Accession number:
- Acc.4789
- Description:
- Nettle or Irakusa (miyama) unstripped basta as removed from forest; raw material used in the manufacture of rural Japanese basketry or textiles.
- Donor:
- Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
- Collection place:
- Kami Yamaguchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, Asia
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Kamiyamaguchi, Iwate
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Dai Williams
- Collection date:
- September 1, 1995
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 8.3 For Manufacturing
- Accession date:
- March 20, 2012
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- whole— width 3.75 inches, whole— length 6 inches, and whole— depth 2 inches
- Images:
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