MS 7350 Japanese folding print toy
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7350

NAA INV 08824700

USNM Accession Number 134628

USNM Catalog Number 373721
label: Variant Title
content: Picture Toy

Folding Trick Picture Card Depicting Woman in Various Poses and Holding Various Objects
name: label: Artist
content: Unknown
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Toys
label: Topic
content: Japanese
creator: label: Artist
content: Unknown
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Leave (woodblock print, 10. 5 x 15 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Box 7349/7350/7351, Folder 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The print was collected in Japan between 1870 and 1883 by Dr. Homer Lycurgus Law, a Naval Surgeon. It was donated to the Smithsonian as part of a larger collection of Chinese and Japanese objects by his daughter, Dr. Sally Porter Law McGlannan of Baltimore, Maryland, in 1935. It was transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives by Chang-su Houchins in August 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7350
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Leaves
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Woodblock prints
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Data furnished by Chang-su Houchins, of the Department of Anthropology.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Woodblock prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of a  folding print toy depicting a standing woman holding a scroll.  There are upper, side, and lower portions of the figure drawn in different positions around the central figure.  When folded and unfolded, the central figure can be transformed so the woman is in different postures and holds different objects such as a fan, tray, teacup, and so forth.

Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Other objects collected in Asia by Homer Lycurgus Law are held by the Department of Anthropology (Accession 134628).