Box

Museum number:
9-12581a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912581a@2cb
Alternate number:
3873 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Incense box, lacquer, for use in incense ceremony: small short, circular box with high domed lid. Decoration of top of lid depicts a warrior's helmet* encircled by red neck guard, * with blade shaped 'horns (a general's insignia*) attached to a large 'rivet'* which depicts a lion-dog's head, both in dense sprinkled gold, in relief (takamakie), the 'bowl" of the helmet is of gray, sandy material with gold 'rivets'. The ears of the neck-guard*; dense gold border around slightly sprinkled gold on black, with a crest in the center: diagonal cross in diamond. The red neck guard is in relief with black and gold detail. A small portion of the lid is of light gold speckles on black ground. Interior of both bottom and lid is in dense nashiji: gold speckles on black ground. Maximum Height 3.5 cm; Diameter 7.7 cm. * Japanese names for: Helmet (hosi-kabute); neck guard (shikoro); 'horns' (kuwagata); decorative rivet (shishi-gashira); 'ears' of neck guard (fukigayeshi)
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boxes (containers)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Box, accession number 9-12581a,b, described as Incense box, lacquer, for use in incense ceremony: small short, circular box with high domed lid. Decoration of top of lid depicts a warrior's helmet* encircled by red neck guard, * with blade shaped 'horns (a general's insignia*) attached to a large 'rivet'* which depicts a lion-dog's head, both in dense sprinkled gold, in relief (takamakie), the 'bowl" of the helmet is of gray, sandy material with gold 'rivets'. The ears of the neck-guard*; dense gold border around slightly sprinkled gold on black, with a crest in the center: diagonal cross in diamond. The red neck guard is in relief with black and gold detail. A small portion of the lid is of light gold speckles on black ground. Interior of both bottom and lid is in dense nashiji: gold speckles on black ground. Maximum Height 3.5 cm; Diameter 7.7 cm. * Japanese names for: Helmet (hosi-kabute); neck guard (shikoro); 'horns' (kuwagata); decorative rivet (shishi-gashira); 'ears' of neck guard (fukigayeshi)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Box, accession number 9-12581a,b, described as Incense box, lacquer, for use in incense ceremony: small short, circular box with high domed lid. Decoration of top of lid depicts a warrior's helmet* encircled by red neck guard, * with blade shaped 'horns (a general's insignia*) attached to a large 'rivet'* which depicts a lion-dog's head, both in dense sprinkled gold, in relief (takamakie), the 'bowl" of the helmet is of gray, sandy material with gold 'rivets'. The ears of the neck-guard*; dense gold border around slightly sprinkled gold on black, with a crest in the center: diagonal cross in diamond. The red neck guard is in relief with black and gold detail. A small portion of the lid is of light gold speckles on black ground. Interior of both bottom and lid is in dense nashiji: gold speckles on black ground. Maximum Height 3.5 cm; Diameter 7.7 cm. * Japanese names for: Helmet (hosi-kabute); neck guard (shikoro); 'horns' (kuwagata); decorative rivet (shishi-gashira); 'ears' of neck guard (fukigayeshi)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-12581a,b, described as Incense box, lacquer, for use in incense ceremony: small short, circular box with high domed lid. Decoration of top of lid depicts a warrior's helmet* encircled by red neck guard, * with blade shaped 'horns (a general's insignia*) attached to a large 'rivet'* which depicts a lion-dog's head, both in dense sprinkled gold, in relief (takamakie), the 'bowl" of the helmet is of gray, sandy material with gold 'rivets'. The ears of the neck-guard*; dense gold border around slightly sprinkled gold on black, with a crest in the center: diagonal cross in diamond. The red neck guard is in relief with black and gold detail. A small portion of the lid is of light gold speckles on black ground. Interior of both bottom and lid is in dense nashiji: gold speckles on black ground. Maximum Height 3.5 cm; Diameter 7.7 cm. * Japanese names for: Helmet (hosi-kabute); neck guard (shikoro); 'horns' (kuwagata); decorative rivet (shishi-gashira); 'ears' of neck guard (fukigayeshi)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-12581a,b, described as Incense box, lacquer, for use in incense ceremony: small short, circular box with high domed lid. Decoration of top of lid depicts a warrior's helmet* encircled by red neck guard, * with blade shaped 'horns (a general's insignia*) attached to a large 'rivet'* which depicts a lion-dog's head, both in dense sprinkled gold, in relief (takamakie), the 'bowl" of the helmet is of gray, sandy material with gold 'rivets'. The ears of the neck-guard*; dense gold border around slightly sprinkled gold on black, with a crest in the center: diagonal cross in diamond. The red neck guard is in relief with black and gold detail. A small portion of the lid is of light gold speckles on black ground. Interior of both bottom and lid is in dense nashiji: gold speckles on black ground. Maximum Height 3.5 cm; Diameter 7.7 cm. * Japanese names for: Helmet (hosi-kabute); neck guard (shikoro); 'horns' (kuwagata); decorative rivet (shishi-gashira); 'ears' of neck guard (fukigayeshi)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 9-12581a,b, described as Incense box, lacquer, for use in incense ceremony: small short, circular box with high domed lid. Decoration of top of lid depicts a warrior's helmet* encircled by red neck guard, * with blade shaped 'horns (a general's insignia*) attached to a large 'rivet'* which depicts a lion-dog's head, both in dense sprinkled gold, in relief (takamakie), the 'bowl" of the helmet is of gray, sandy material with gold 'rivets'. The ears of the neck-guard*; dense gold border around slightly sprinkled gold on black, with a crest in the center: diagonal cross in diamond. The red neck guard is in relief with black and gold detail. A small portion of the lid is of light gold speckles on black ground. Interior of both bottom and lid is in dense nashiji: gold speckles on black ground. Maximum Height 3.5 cm; Diameter 7.7 cm. * Japanese names for: Helmet (hosi-kabute); neck guard (shikoro); 'horns' (kuwagata); decorative rivet (shishi-gashira); 'ears' of neck guard (fukigayeshi)

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