Figure Straw Horse With Paper Rider
date: label: Accession Date
content: 2 Apr 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Mr. Yoshio Noma
label: Donor Name
content: Mr. Yoshio Noma
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Horse made of straw tied together with string - sporting a white paper saddle painted with black and yellow and a tall white flag painted with green and red and with black characters. The rider's white paper clothing is held on a bamboo frame - no head; paper hat; white paper reins painted with yellow and red stripes." Formerly on exhibit in NHB Exhibit Hall 7, case 62, where exhibit label identified as: "Mounted Warrior. Straw and paper figures are traditionally made to celebrate the birth of boys, then are given to neighborhood children. The warrior Takatsuna Sasaki, who died in 1214, is depicted here."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 15 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 230671
label: USNM Number
content: E402409-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure