Hemp, asa

Museum number:
9-23188
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4789
Description:
Asa" or hemp thread.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Takashima, Shiga Prefecture, Kansai region
Verbatim coll. place:
Kutsuki-mura, Shiga-ken
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Materials:
Sedge
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 4.25 inches and width 3.75 inches
Comment:
Used for drying keri (?).
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Hemp, asa, accession number 9-23188, described as Asa" or hemp thread.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Hemp, asa, accession number 9-23188, described as Asa" or hemp thread.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Hemp, asa, accession number 9-23188, described as Asa" or hemp thread.

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