- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Lantern made from the skin of a pufferfish (fugu). [HA 11/02/2015]
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1909
- Date collected
- 1908 - 1909
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1909
- Materials and processes
- Material Fish Skin
- Dimensions
- Height: max 145 mm including handle
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1909.32.10
- Research and responses
Originally described as a parrot fish. '?tetiodon' in the accession book entry is more likely to be 'tetraodon' - a genus in the pufferfish family (Tetraodontidae). This object has neither the colours nor scale pattern of any of the parrotfish species. In Japan, pufferfish are called 'fugu' (a delicacy and poisonous unless prepared properly). [HA 11/02/2015]
- Associated publications
- Published as a PRM postcard (no. 121), with the caption: 'Lantern made from the skin of a parrot fish. Japan, Enoshima (1909.32.10).' [JC 27 8 2004] Illustrated in colour on page 10 of Pitt Rivers Museum: An Introduction, by Julia Cousins (Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, 2004). Caption (same page) reads: 'Lantern made of the inflated skin of a parrot fish, from Enoshima, Japan.' [JC 8 10 2004]
1909.32.10
Lantern made from the skin of a pufferfish (fugu). [HA 11/02/2015]
On display
1909.32.10
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