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1900.78.13

Birch bark ladle, pishako. Square bowl attached to the forked end of a simple handle. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/4/2006]

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1900.78.13

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Collection type
Object
Description
Birch bark ladle, pishako. Square bowl attached to the forked end of a simple handle. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/4/2006]
Long description
Birch bark ladle, pishako. Square bowl attached to the forked end of a simple handle. The bowl is made from a single piece of birch bark that has been folded on the sides The edges have been secured with plant fibre bindings and wooden splints. [SM (Verve) 09/02/2015]
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 Birch Bark Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Bent, Process Stitched, Process Bound, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Length x Width: max 440 x 122 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1900.78.13
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]

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