Lay Figure Of Japanese Warrior In Costume
name: label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "4/1969 THIS WAS PROBABLY AMONG THE MANY SIMILAR FIGURES WHICH HAD BEEN USED IN EXHIBITION, AND WHICH WERE CONDEMNED AS OF NO FURTHER USE, IN THE 1950S."
label: Notes
content: Anthropology catalogue ledger book identifies as "Lay figure of Japanese warrior in costume." It was listed as part of Perry collection Accession 199043, however Chang-su Houchins annotated the catalogue card 5-10-1985 to indicate it was not part of the Perry collection. As this was entered into the catalogue ledger book circa 1874, this seems to be the number for the wax mannequin of a Japanese man in armor exhibited at the Smithsonian circa 1873. The mannequin's armor is also the same armor shown second from right in old exhibit case photos such as negative # 2581 (new copy negative # 2004-18708). Photo 2581/2004-18708 is illustrated in Plate 2, Fig. 1, after p. 24 in U. S. National Museum Annual Report for the year 1893. For photo of mannequin and armor and more information see: Fig. 8, p. 17 in Stamm, Richard, with contributions by Paula Fleming, 2010, "The Castle Stereos: Views of Exhibits in the Smithsonian Institution," Stereo World, Jan/Feb 2010, 35(4):12-20 (paper and pdf copies in Anthropology mannequin documentation files.) Smithsonan Institution Castle Collection has a copy of this stereograph, # SI.2008.026. Per Joanna Scherer, 2010: "Charles Pollock of Boston entered a copyright on this Japanese warrior mannikin photograph in the Lib. of Congress on May 15, 1873. It is no. 5481 in their copyright series. AND In the Smithsonian Institution daybook fiscal records for August 13, 1872 in addition to a record of the cast of head of Red Cloud (which was made July 11, 1872), there is a record of the same S. [Sidney] Moulthrop modeling a head of a Japanese (Sakura) which is I feel certain for the mannikin series he was doing. He was paid $50 for that head."
label: Notes
content: Mannequin is no longer present in Dept. of Anthropology collections; see note on card dated 1969. Note also that mannequin in photo holds a sword (katana) however whereabouts of this sword are currently unknown. The armor for this mannequin was found in the collections without a catalogue number and had been given # ET322. In 1968 the number was changed to E274841. However, Paula Fleming and Jane Walsh have identified this armor as the same armor used on the Japanese warrior wax mannequin on exhibit at the Smithsonian circa 1873, and as the same armor shown in old exhibit case photos such as negative # 2581 (new copy negative # 2004-18708). Therefore it has been decided to change the number of the armor from E274841 to E14171. (Another possible # for the armor would be E92428, which could possibly be the number for this armor, or for the armor currently called ET610).
label: Notes
content: Description of armor, taken from card E274841: "Complete suit of feudal armor. (Formerly T-322, 1968). 3/19/70 Description: Kabuto - O-boshi style Mempo - absent Sode - mogami Kote - Yoshitsune Do - kebiki laced, tachi-do Haidate - kawara Suneate - O-tateage"
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Jul 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Not Given
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E14171-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor