Basket
- Museum number:
- 9-22918
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090022918
- Alternate number:
- Shina 12 (original number, Collector's number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.4789
- Description:
- A woven basket.
- Donor:
- Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Verbatim coll. place:
- unknown
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Dai Williams
- Collection date:
- June 28, 1997
- Materials:
- Linden (wood)
- 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— thickness 4 millimeters, whole and parts— height 16 centimeters, whole and parts— width 18 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 4 millimeters, whole and parts— depth 12 centimeters, whole and parts— weight 65 grams, whole and parts— circumference 60 centimeters, whole and parts— width 1.35 centimeters, and whole and parts— height 1 centimeters
- Comment:
- A woven basket that may be a tourist item due to its small size and general flimsiness, or may also reflect at a miniature scale techniques used in traditional baskets.
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