Wood Chisel (Nomi)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "RECTANGULAR HEAVY IRON BLADE WITH HOLLOW SHANK INTO WHICH IS FITTED A STRAIGHT WOODEN HANDLE. THE FERRULE AT THE END OF THE HANDLE IS MISSING. INSCRIPTION AROUND THE HANDLE. ALL THESE CHISELS HAVE JAPANESE CHARACTERS WRITTEN ON THE HANDLES. JAN. 1969 LOAN TO JAPAN SOCIETY N.Y.C."
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 116 - 117.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Dec 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: E359-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Chisel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Overall
content: 26 cm
label: Length - Blade
content: 7.9 cm
label: Width - Blade
content: 4.1 cm