Wooden comb [.1] in a silk brocade case [.2].

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden comb [.1] in a silk brocade case [.2].
Long description: The comb is highly polished and incised with the craftsman's seal on one side. The comb fits in a small brocade case lined with a deep purple silk textile. The comb and case are stored in a paper box with a pink chequered lid. Inside the box is a piece of fold paper with writing on one side and an image of the Jyusan-ya comb shop in Kyoto on the other. Also included in the box is a slip of paper with a picture of a Japanese woman in traditional dress
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Maker Michikazu Takeuchi- san; Field collector John Lowe; PRM source John Lowe
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1981
Date collected: 1981
Acquisition information: Donated: 02/1996
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Paper Plant, Process Carved, Process Brocaded Woven, Process Incised, Process Polished, Process Machine-made
Dimensions: Length: max 118 mm, Width: max 40 mm, Length: max 130 mm, Width: max 33 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1996.17.139.1 Accession number: 1996.17.139.2
Research and responses: For further information on wooden combs and the Jyusan-ya comb shop in Kyoto, see Chapter 6, Japanese Crafts, pp. 76- 83.