A woven basket worn on the back to collect wild mulberry leaves in the mountains. These were fed to silkworms which almost every farmhouse in this region raised until the end of WWII.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
October 5, 1997
Materials:
Linden (wood) (carrying cord), Scrub cherry (core of rim), and Vine (plant material) (warps, wefts, rim)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole and parts— width 37 centimeters, whole and parts— height 39 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 0.85 centimeters, whole and parts— diameter 3 centimeters, whole and parts— circumference 105 centimeters, whole and parts— weight 727 grams, whole and parts— circumference 120 centimeters, whole and parts— depth 22 centimeters, and whole and parts— thickness 0.85 centimeters