Carved wood flat spatula used as a spoon by old people, with incised floral decoration and two wooden chainlinks at the top. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/10/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carved wood flat spatula used as a spoon by old people, with incised floral decoration and two wooden chainlinks at the top. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 21/10/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Hokkaidō
Cultural groups: Ainu アイヌ
Person: Field collector J. Rousseau; Field collector Julien Jean Marie Rousseau; PRM source J. Rousseau; PRM source Julien Jean Marie Rousseau
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1900
Date collected: By 1900
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1900
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Length: max 285 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.78.16 Other numbers: 10
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Letter in French from J. Rousseau dated 4/9/1900 and translation by Linda Mowat. Rousseau says that he hopes to send "a complete and enumerated list of the objects" [it is not known if the PRM has received one]. He talks of the poor conditions that the Ainu people live in and gives reasons why he believes that they will soon die out. He also makes notes on specific objects - which are added into the appropriate entries. [CF 26/10/2001]