Chopsticks

Museum number:
9-17942a-k
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210917942a@2dk
Accession number:
Acc.4306
Description:
chopsticks; bamboo; 4-sided handles each has 4 Chinese characters in blue on one side only; l. 26.2 cm. e.
Donor:
Robert Zapf
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan, Osaka; Marufuzi & Co. attr.
Collector:
Ida Mae Zapf and Robert Zapf
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Bamboo (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Chopsticks
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 22, 1988
Context of use:
eating utensils used in pairs; these are Chinese-style therefore are made for export. Cf. 9-14749.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
each— length 26.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Chopsticks, accession number 9-17942a-k, described as chopsticks; bamboo; 4-sided handles each has 4 Chinese characters in blue on one side only; l. 26.2 cm. e.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Chopsticks, accession number 9-17942a-k, described as chopsticks; bamboo; 4-sided handles each has 4 Chinese characters in blue on one side only; l. 26.2 cm. e.

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