Carrying frame, shoi-bashigo

Museum number:
9-23100a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210923100a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
A backpack frame (shoi-bashigo) and a glove (found with frame) used for carrying heavy loads on the back.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Tōkyō Metropolis, South Kanto, Kanto region
Verbatim coll. place:
Togo-ji, Tokyo
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
March 1996
Materials:
Rice straw (cord), Textile (glove), Textile (rag, cord), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
glove— depth 0.25 inches, glove— width 4.25 inches, backpack frame— height 32.25 inches, backpack frame— width 14.25 inches, backpack frame— depth 3.5 inches, and glove— height 8.25 inches
Comment:
Two wood posts connected by three smaller wooden posts form the frame. It is wrapped in wara from the middle to the bottom. There is a long cord attached from the bottom to the top. Two straps of cord wrapped in rags are attached from the bottom to the middle post. There was a glove attached to the frame.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Carrying frame, shoi-bashigo, accession number 9-23100a,b, described as A backpack frame (shoi-bashigo) and a glove (found with frame) used for carrying heavy loads on the back.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Carrying frame, shoi-bashigo, accession number 9-23100a,b, described as A backpack frame (shoi-bashigo) and a glove (found with frame) used for carrying heavy loads on the back.

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