Lidded Lacquerware Box (Meshi-Bako; Bento)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: RECATALOGED AS ETHNOLOGY #4022 IN THE 1950'S. LATER CANCELLED. CANCELLED NUMBER, IN BRACKETS, REMAINS ON OBJECT.FROM CARD: "SHALLOW, NEARLY SQUARE WOODEN BOX, COVERED, RED LACQUERED INSIDE AND BLACK OUTSIDE - THE LATTER WITH A FEW RED FLOWERS."
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 26
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Naha, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E20-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 23 cm
label: Width
content: 24.3 cm
label: Height
content: 6.8 cm