Birch bark water bucket, 'matush'.

Collection type: Object
Description: Birch bark water bucket, 'matush'.
Long description: Birch bark water bucket, 'matush'. The bucket is round in shape but with straight sides (made by a curving a strip of birch bark and stitching it together at the join to form a tubular shape). It has a flat base of birch bark and a wooden handle which forms a loop over the top of the bucket. [E.S-R 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 10/12/2004]
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 Birch Bark Wood Plant, Material Wood Plant, Material String, Process Stitched, Process Carved
Dimensions: Height: max 325 mm, Diameter: max 165 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1900.78.12

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