Inkstone (Suzuri-Ishi) In Wooden Case
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "AN IRREGULARLY OVAL SLAB OF FINE TEXTURED GREY-BROWN STONE. TOP SURFACE WITH A SLIGHT EDGE RIDGE, AND NEAR ONE END TWO 2 CM. L. OVAL HOLES CUT, THESE SURROUNDED BY LOW RELIEF CARVING OF LEAVES. THIS IS TO MIX THE INK AND WATER ON FOR BRUSH WRITING. CASE IS OF DARK BROWN WOOD, JUST THE SIZE TO FIT THE STONE. JAN. 1969 LOAN TO JAPAN SOCIETY NYC. FOR EXHIBITION. INVENTORIED 1968."
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 131
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
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: E313-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Inkstone / Case
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 10.2 cm
label: Width
content: 6.5 cm
label: Height
content: 1.3 cm