chopstick outfit: A) case; bamboo cylinder w/ applied stain tortoiseshell-style motif covered w/ lacquer or shellac; silver-gilt brass fittings & carrying loop. B) knife w/ matching handle, ivory insert & metal blade, 24.6 cm L. C) chopsticks; bone, tapered, some scarring. 20.2 cm L. Case has compartment for a toothpick, but pick is missing; overall length 24.6 cm L.
Donor:
Marie Richardson and Richard L. Phillips
Collection place:
China
Verbatim coll. place:
China, attr.
Collector:
Florence Irons
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bamboo (material) and Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chopsticks
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
June 1984
Context of use:
Designed to hang from a man's belt; culinary apparatus which the traveller could carry along.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 24.6 centimeters and length 24.6 centimeters