Cane Table
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Collector
content: Commodore Matthew C. Perry
label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "IDENTIFICATION OF THIS ITEM NOT SURE, THIS UNMARKED ITEM APPEARED TO PARTIALLY FIT THE DESCRIPTION? NO TOP PRESENT, ONLY A FRAMEWORK. THIS IS RECTANGULAR MADE OF VERTICAL SECTIONS OF BAMBOO, FASTENED BY A ROD RUN THROUGH THEM SIDEWAYS., THE FOUR CORNERS LEFT LONGER AS LEGS. ON THE INSIDE OF ONE END IS A JAPANESE INSCRIPTION. THE ITEM WAS CALLED A SMALL FANCY TABLE OR STOOL."
label: Notes
content: Inscription in Japanese. Translated, it says: "1852 the year of rat, autumn, Nanroshi II [possibly the name of the maker?]". Japanese govt. gift lists includes 1 bamboo bouquet holder and stand (cf. 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. 138). Only the framework remains; parts are missing.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E118-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Table
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 19.3 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 34.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 24.2 cm