Storage Box and Cover for Samurai Helmet (E433498)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Jul 2014
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of the Marine Corps
notes: label: Notes
content: 3 parts: Box, lid, and painted leather cover. Goes with samurai helmet, catalog number E433498. Cherry wood box and lid, with metal handles and latches on front and back. Wide crack cross the top. Many other small cracks and other damage. Red leather cover, with 2 copies of a motif painted in gold, a plant with flowers and leaves. According to Dr. Paul Taylor, Curator of Asian Ethnology, who consulted with the Edo-Tokyo Museum, the cover depicts the Omodaka plant, "which is the family crest of the Mouri clan, based in the western Chuugoku region. Therefore, this is most likely from Chuugoku, Japan, ca. 1400."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Chugoku Region (not certain), Honshu, 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: 2067297
label: USNM Number
content: E433499-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Storage Box
physicalDescription: label: Length - Box With Lid
content: 60.5 cm
label: Width - Box With Lid
content: 45.5 cm
label: Height - Box With Lid
content: 38.5 cm
label: Length - Leather Cover
content: 59 cm
label: Width - Leather Cover
content: 44 cm