Lacquerware Picnic Box (Bento-Bako; Sageju-Bako)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: RECATALOGED AS ETHNOLOGY #4068 IN THE 1950'S. LATER CANCELLED. CANCELLED NUMBER, IN BRACKETS, REMAINS ON OBJECT.FROM CARD: "RECTANGULAR WOODEN CHEST, WITH A SLIDING FRONT, NATURAL WOOD IN CLEAR LACQUER OR JUST A VARNISH?. FITTED INSIDE WITH TWO RECTANGULAR RED LACQUER BOXES AND A SET OF THREE SQUARE RED LACQUER OPEN TRAYS, ALSO RECTANGULAR PEWTER BOX CLOSED EXCEPT FOR SMALL OPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF TOP WHERE IS A COVER AND A SMALL CUP. COPPER CORNERS AND A LOOP HANDLE ON TOP."
label: Notes
content: See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 30
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 13
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E23-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Picnic Box
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 14 cm
label: Width
content: 22.5 cm
label: Height
content: 21.5 cm