Bamboo samples; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description
content: Ten polished bamboo sticks tied to blue card. All have small flat notch carved at one end. Four paper tags tied to card, each card individually marked with a different number. "No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Fancy"
label: Description
content: Found inside envelope marked The Matsuo Co. Ltd. (/) Kobe, Japan. with a tinfoil sample book.
label: Description
content: Bamboo sticks from the Matsuo Co., LTD, Kobe, Japan.10 bamboo sticks of various size. Hollowed out and given divots at one end. Sticks are broken into 4 groups. No.1, 4 sticks approx. 4” long, darker than the rest. No 2. 4 sticks approx. 3” long, lighter than No.1. No. 3, 1 stick approx. 2” long. Fancy- 1 stick approx. 2” long, seems to have a design or Japanese characters stained on it.
label: Description
content: Part of a large collection of textile samples acquired by US Consuls overseas for the Dept. of Commerce, between about 1898 and 1918; in reporting on business opportunities and foreign competition. Transferred from the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s. Consular Collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan: Hyōgo, Kobe
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80511V17
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Sample Card, Bamboo Sticks
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: sample card, bamboo sticks: 12.2 cm; 4 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sample card, bamboo sticks: .5 cm; x 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: sample card, bamboo sticks: 7 cm; 2 3/4 in