Brazier (Hioke)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1860
label: Collection Date
content: 1860
name: label: Donor Name
content: First Japanese Mission To The USA
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TRIPOD-FOOTED, GOLD-LACQUERED WOOD CYLINDER WITH REMOVABLE COPPER LINER. DECORATION ALSO HAS THIN PEARL SHELL INLAY. (VERY THIN). SAME SET AS 324 TO WHICH REFERENCE REFER ["THE FIRST JAPANESE EMBASSY IN AMERICA", (IN JAPANESE), TOKYO, 1920. UNPAGINATED BOOK, IN A PLATE ABOUT 2/3 FROM THE FRONT OF THE BOOK]: WHERE THIS IS THE LEFT HAND OBJECT ON THE UPPER PICTURE AND THE RIGHT HAND ONE ON THE LOWER ROW OF THE LOWER PICTURE. APRIL 10, 1973 IT APPEARS VERY LIKELY THAT THESE THREE BRAZIERS ARE THE GIFTS TO PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN BY THE SECONDARY MEMBERS OF THE FIRST JAPANESE EMBASSY TO THE U.S. IN 1860.-R. ELDER." IDENTIFIED AS FIRST JAPANESE MISSION ARTIFACT BY CHANG-SU HOUCHINS, ASIAN ETHNOLOGY SPECIALIST 5-10-85
label: Notes
content: This brazier appears to be the one on lower center in engraving shown on p. 252, bottom, in Norton, Frank H., and Frank Leslie. 1877. Frank Leslie's historical register of the United States Centennial Exposition, 1876. Embellished with nearly eight hundred illustrations drawn expressly for this work by the most eminent artists in America. Including illustrations and descriptions of all previous International exhibitions. New York: Frank Leslie's Pub. House.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 60A00001
label: USNM Number
content: E322-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Brazier