- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Pair of chopsticks, bamboo with green banded handles and pierced for hanging. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 23/2/2006]
- Long description
- The chopsticks bear evidence of use. Long chopsticks with alternating thin bands of dark and light green pigment around one end.
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1983
- Date collected
- circa 1983
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 02/1996
- Materials and processes
- Material Bamboo Plant, Material Pigment, Process Machine-made, Process Painted, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Width: max 6 mm one stick, Length: max 329 mm one stick
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1996.17.14.1 Accession number: 1996.17.14.2
Search terms: Food and Drink, Chopstick, Food Accessory
Further items to explore
1985.53.836.2One of a pair of chopsticks made of antler, painted with deer, trees and stars. Attached to [1985.53.836 .1] with paper bands. Together the chopsticks act as an amulet against toothache. [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]1985.53.836.2
1894.27.43.1Sixteen Chinese chopsticks used in Burma. Made of dark wood. Ten in a bundle [.3-.12], four extra [.1-.2, .15-.16]. Plus two [.13-.14] given as duplicates. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 22/2/2006]1894.27.43.1
1899.46.42.1Pair of wooden chopsticks [.1-.2] in a spathe sheath [.3] inside a printed paper envelope [.4]. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 23/2/2006]1899.46.42.1
1985.53.837.2One of a pair of chopsticks made of antler, painted with deer, trees and other symbols. Previously attached to [1985.53.867 .2] with a paper band, however this has torn. Together the chopsticks act as an amulet against toothache. [EPaper band attaching the chopsticks together is torn. [EH [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]H [OPS Move] 27/6/2017]1985.53.837.2