Pitcher with lid, "e-chi-ush-i"
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: Cylinder-shaped container with spout and handle. Wood with black lacquer. Wood shavings tied on handle and spout. Lid: wood with black lacquer. Plain round lid with small lip on underside. According to Chisato Dubreuil, this type of pot was traditionally used to pour sake or millet beer for various ceremonial occasions. Masahiro Nomoto purchased this container at an antique shop in Kyoto, and added the "inaw-kike" (wood shavings). 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
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2026093
label: USNM Number
content: E430689-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 25.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.2 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 13.1 cm