Woven basket - knitted on a far simpler frame than Okin 1 (9-22978).
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Taketomi Island, Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Islands
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
March 31, 1996
Materials:
Rice straw (while no rice was grown on taketomijima, ukemori's family owned paddy on a neighboring island and the straw was available for basket making.)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Production date:
ca. 1890
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole and parts— volume 9000 cubicCentimeters, whole and parts— depth 13.2 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 4 millimeters, whole and parts— width 27.5 centimeters, whole and parts— circumference 82 centimeters, whole and parts— height 25 centimeters, carrying cord— thickness 6 millimeters, whole and parts— weight 300 grams, whole and parts— depth 3 centimeters, and whole and parts— thickness 3.5 millimeters
Comment:
Like other antsuku it was used to collect fruits, seaweed and shellfish and was worn at the waist. Thus the carrying 3 cords are each only about 55 to 60cm long. One cord is arrange in a loop through which the other shorter cords pass. This cord design is unique to antsuku. Like other baskets of this type it was probably a pure rectangle when first made. With use it took on a softer shape and would conform to the shape of whatever was being carried.