Winnowing tray. Carved from wood. The flat base of the tray has one straight edge and one curved edge (roughly semi-circular). Around the curved edge there is a diagonally vertically extending wall, the inside has vertical flutes. On the outside of the wall there are two rectangular projecting lugs. [AB [OPS Move] 13/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Winnowing tray. Carved from wood. The flat base of the tray has one straight edge and one curved edge (roughly semi-circular). Around the curved edge there is a diagonally vertically extending wall, the inside has vertical flutes. On the outside of the wall there are two rectangular projecting lugs. [AB [OPS Move] 13/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Hokkaido Volcano Bay
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
Dimensions: Depth: max 63 mm, Width: max 250 mm, Length: max 303 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.78.7
Research and responses: Muroran: city, southern Hokkaido, Japan, on Cape Chikyu at the entrance to Uchiura Bay. After 1906 it began to grow from a village to a company town, producing steel and iron products. [Encyclopaedia Britannica on line] [AP 7/12/2001]

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