Rope

Museum number:

9-23102

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Accession number:

Acc.4789

Object count:

1

Description:

A long braided and twisted rope of unknown material.

Donor:

Estate of Karin Nelson

Collection place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Dai Williams

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Ropework (genre by technique) and Ropework (visual works)

Function:

1.3 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and 1.9 Multiple Utility

Accession date:

March 20, 2012

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

whole— width 3 inches, whole— depth 2.5 inches, and whole— length 250.5 inches

Comment:

One end is narrow and is twisted into a cord. It becomes wider and is braided. It then becomes narrower and is twisted again. It then becomes its widest and is braided. It loops around and becomes narrow and twisted again. It then becomes wider and and is braided.

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