1901.46.1.28.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Lacquered chest lid. Used to store armour. [BH [OPS move] 31/8/2017]

Long description

Lacquered chest lid. Used to store armour. Trapezoidal in shape, with a domed top. Carved love heart on the front side, with a metal latch just below. Metal brackets on the corners with perforated love hearts. For the chest please refer to [1901.46.1 .28 .1]. [BH [OPS move] 31/8/2017]

Geographical reference

Japan

Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan

Cultural groups

Japanese

Person

Field collector Henry Martin Gibbs

PRM source Henry Martin Gibbs

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1901

Date collected

By 1901

Acquisition information

Donated: 1901

Materials and processes

Material Metal, Material Lacquer Varnish, Process Lacquered Varnished

Dimensions

Height: max 248 mm, Width: max 447 mm, Length: max 420 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1901.46.1.28.2

Research and responses

From the diary (in a private collection) of Arthur Heathcote, who accompanied Henry Martin Gibbs to Peru in 1873: Just before we left Lima Gibbs had offered to him for sale a most curious suit of armour, which on finding that the owner was a gentleman in every way reliable who had been for many years in Japan he bought. It is said to be very rare & certainly most curious, I should much like you to see it & perhaps if you go to Tyntesfield after we get back, you may. The Chinese & Japanese are very numerous in Lima & one can get very pretty things in their shops - but (like everything else in Lima) they are very expensive.

Associated publications

Illustrated in colour on page 41 of Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction, by Julia Cousins (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2004). Caption (same page) reads: 'Complete suit of decorative Samurai armour; made in Japan in the late nineteenth century.' [JC 8 10 2004]

Search terms: Armour Weapon, Clothing Handgear, Clothing Footgear, Clothing, Insignia, Box, Clothing Headgear, Armour, Helmet, Glove, Sock, Shoe, Jacket, Flag