cricket cage and base
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Upright rectangular cage (a) with two parallels and concealed door; attached by small brads to black lacquered wood base (b) with cabriole legs set at angles. Inside cage, imitation black beetle and winged insect (dragon fly?) attached to bars.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1916-40-3-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: cricket cage and base
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers (imitation insects)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 10.5 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in.)