Basket, kodasu

Museum number:

9-22922

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Alternate number:

Budo 1 (original number, Collector's number)

Accession number:

Acc.4789

Object count:

1

Description:

A woven basket carried on the back. Like most grapevine bark baskets, it is relatively light, extremely light and durable. It has a high weight to capacity ratio attesting to its efficiency.

Donor:

Estate of Karin Nelson

Collection place:

Hanawa (historical town), Kazuno District, Akita Prefecture

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Dai Williams

Collection date:

April 1994

Materials:

Linden (wood) (linden bast, cords and loops) and Wild grapevine (inner bark)

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— circumference 138 centimeters, whole and parts— length 1.2 meters, whole and parts— thickness 1.25 centimeters, whole and parts— thickness 5.5 millimeters, whole and parts— weight 853 grams, whole and parts— width 53 centimeters, whole and parts— height 34 centimeters, whole and parts— diameter 5 millimeters, whole and parts— depth 17 centimeters, whole and parts— height 5 millimeters, and whole and parts— thickness 1.1 centimeters

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