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1892.56.23.1

Loom reed with wood frame and multiple split bamboo sticks. The frame has been carved and painted with decorative scrollwork design. [FB 14/08/2014]

1892.56.23.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Loom reed with wood frame and multiple split bamboo sticks. The frame has been carved and painted with decorative scrollwork design. [FB 14/08/2014]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Hokkaido
Cultural groups
Ainu アイヌ
Person
Field collector Basil Hall Chamberlain
PRM source Basil Hall Chamberlain
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1892
Date collected
By 1892
Acquisition information
Purchased: 05/1892
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Tied, Process Split
Dimensions
Length: max 543 mm, Depth: max 11 mm, Width: max 182 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1892.56.23.1
Research and responses

Note that objects from Chamberlain’s Ainu collection were exhibited by Tylor at meeting of AI on 10 May 1892 (JAI 22 (1893), p. 174) [Peter Rivière]

Search terms: Textile, Weaving Accessory, Loom Part

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