A woven basket tied around the waist and carried at the hip. 9-22892b and c are raw materials.
Donor:
Dai Williams, Estate of Karin Nelson, and Karin Nelson
Collection place:
Tadami, Minamiaizu District, Fukushima Prefecture
Verbatim coll. place:
Tadami-cho, Fukushima-ken
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dai Williams
Collection date:
October 14, 1997
Materials:
Linden (wood) (linden bast, wefts and carry cord) and Sedge (warps)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers)
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
March 20, 2012
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole and parts— diameter 3.75 millimeters, whole and parts— height 29 centimeters, whole and parts— diameter 3 millimeters, whole and parts— width 3 centimeters, whole and parts— width 45 centimeters, whole and parts— depth 7.5 centimeters, whole and parts— weight 468 grams, and whole and parts— width 2.5 centimeters
Comment:
Hasegawa-san added a stout cord across the rim to prevent it from opening when loaded. The loop at the end of the cord slips over a walnut shell clasp.