Lacquered Box (Kobako; Tebako)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: RECATALOGED AS ETHNOLOGY #4165 IN THE 1950'S. LATER CANCELLED. CANCELLED NUMBER, IN BRACKETS, REMAINS ON OBJECT. FROM CARD: "SQUARE WOODEN BOX ON A LOW FOOT-RING, WITH LID THAT FITS ON WITH A SMALL FLANGE. BLACK LACQUERED AND TOP INLAID WITH MAGNOLIA BLOSSOMS IN MOTHER OF PEARL, IN SHADED COLORS, WHILE SIDES HAVE JUST THE SIMPLE PLAIN SHELL INLAY OF AN APPLE-BLOSSOM LIKE FLOWER. 3/1969 SOME OF EDGES OF LACQUER ARE CHIPPING. 1965 LOANED TO NAVAL HISTORY, RETURNED 1967."
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 28 and 29
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
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: E153-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box