Donor Name:

Emperor Of Japan  Search this

Length:

77 cm

Width:

22 cm

Object Type:

Broom

Place:

Japan, Asia

Accession Date:

9 Mar 1859

Notes:

FROM CARD: "SAME AS CAT. NO. 307: SHORT BAMBOO HANDLE ON WHICH HAS BEEN BOUND A WIDE FLAT BROOM HEAD OF BROWN COCOANUT FIBERS. *IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THESE ITEMS WERE RENUMBERED TWICE BY MISTAKE: 336; 4284."

See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 106

Record Last Modified:

6 Dec 2018

Specimen Count:

1

Topic:

Ethnology  Search this

Accession Number:

199043

USNM Number:

E308-0

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Data Source:

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/310703152-274a-4c51-8d22-b8bd936c06ae

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8388553