Sheath, saya

Museum number:
9-23089
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
woven basket sheath (saya) for knife made of honoki (magnolia)
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, South Tohoku
Verbatim coll. place:
Yonezawa, Yamagata-ken
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
November 1, 1997
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— depth 2 inches, whole— length 5 inches, and whole— height 9.5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sheath, saya, accession number 9-23089, described as woven basket sheath (saya) for knife made of honoki (magnolia)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sheath, saya, accession number 9-23089, described as woven basket sheath (saya) for knife made of honoki (magnolia)

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