Drawings of Japanese fishing techniques and equipment
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA 2015-24

USNM Accession 16311

USNM Catalog T8182, 102806, 102811, 102825, 102849, 102858, 102861, 102864, 102866, 102870, 102874, 102878, 102882, 102896, 102897, 102902, 102911, 102919, 102931, 102938, 102943, 102948, 102957, 102977, 102986
name: label: Creator
content: Japan. Monbushō
place: label: Place
content: Japan
label: Place
content: East Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Fishing
creator: label: Creator
content: Japan. Monbushō
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Drawings (watercolor)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
container: label: Container
content: Folder 1
label: Container
content: Folder 2
label: Container
content: Folder 3
label: Container
content: Folder 4
label: Container
content: Folder 5
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The drawings were given through exchange to the United States National Museum as part of a larger collection of objects relating to fishing by the Japanese Department of Education in 1886 (USNM Accession 16311).  The drawings were transferred from the object collections of the Department of Anthropology to the National Anthropological Archives in 2015.  A portfolio that once held the drawings was removed from the collection in 2023.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2015-24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Watercolors
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Watercolors
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of twenty-four (24) Japanese watercolor drawings of fishing techniques and equipment.  The drawings depict nets, traps, spears, lines and various small fishing boats.  The drawings have been mounted two to one larger sheet of paper. 


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