Lacquerware pitcher, "e-chi-ush-i"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 16 Jun 2005
name: label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of Natural History
notes: label: Notes
content: Imitation lacquerware. Bowl-shaped wooden container with spout and foot. Painted black outside and red inside. Tri-swirl design painted in gold on side. Filled with milky white plastic for exhibit purposes. According to Chisato Dubreuil, this is traditionally used to pour sake for various ceremonial occasions. Made for the 1999 NMNH exhibit "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People".
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E430690-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Pitcher
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.1 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21.4 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 14.3 cm