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: FROM CARD: "RECTANGULAR WOODEN CHEST STANDING ON EDGE, WITH THE FRONT SLIDING INTO GROOVE. SHELF INSIDE. CLEAR LACQUERED OUTSIDE. BRASS HANDLE ON THE TOP. HOLDING 4 CYLINDRICAL CUPS (PAIR OF EACH OF TWO SIZES) WITH COVERS, CLEAR LACQUERED OUTSIDE AND RED INSIDE. ONE COVERED BOWL AND ONE SMALL BOWL WITHOUT COVER SENT TO THE CHARLESTON MUSEUM, NOV. 7, 1922. RETURNED SEPT. 26, 1989. SEE ALSO ACC. 387023."
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: E151-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Picnic Box