Box for ceremonial container and lid
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
label: Collection Date
content: 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Masahiro Nomoto
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Storage box for container (E430695). Plain wooden box and base painted black on outside, unpainted inside. Japanese writing inside. Metal (bronze?) plates join panels at corners. Damaged: deep cracks and nails pulling out. Masahiro Nomoto, curator of the Ainu Museum at Shiraoi, purchased this used container from an antique shop in Kyoto. Purchased for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ainu
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430696-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Box
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 44.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 44.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 52.5 cm