Lacquered 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# 004037 IN THE 1950'S. LATER CANCELLED. CANCELLED NUMBER, IN BRACKETS, REMAINS ON OBJECT. FROM CARD: "RECTANGULAR WOODEN CHEST WITH A SLIDING FRONT, IN NATURAL WOOD WITH CLEAR LACQUER AS IS THE OUTSIDE OF THE FOUR COVERED BOWLS WHICH FIT INSIDE. THE CHEST. INSIDE OF BOWLS IS RED LACQUER. COPPER LOOP HANDLE ON TOP."
label: Notes
content: 10 parts: Chest and lid, inside are 4 cups, each with lid.
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 31 (object in photo on that page is actually Catalogue # E24). E24, E163, and E151 are very similar in form.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 10
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: E24-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Picnic Box