Box and cover
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Cylindrical box with cover, made of a segment of a bamboo stem. Ferns in gold 'hira-makiye' lacquer on ground of 'shunkei-nuri' (reddish-brown) lacquer. The depressions in top and underneath are due to formation of the node of the bamboo segment. The ferm is a symbol associated with Japanese New Year's ceremonies.
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 Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1952-164-13-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Box and cover
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: lacquered wood
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 7 x 5.1 cm (2 3/4 x 2 in.)