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: TRIPOD-FOOTED, GOLD-LAQUERED WOOD CYLINDER COVERED WITH A BASE COAT OF BLACK LACQUER. DECORATED WITH VARIOUS DESIGNS IN GOLD LEAF, GOLD LAQUER, AND VERY THIN IRRIDESCENT PEARL SHELL. REMOVABLE COPPER LINER. FROM CARD: "CYLINDER OF WOOD ABOUT 3/4" THICK, COVERED ALL OVER WITH A BASE COAT OF BLACK LACQUER. DECORATED OVER THE OUTSIDE WITH VARIOUS DESIGNS IN GOLD LEAF, GOLD LACQUER AND VERY THIN IRIDESCENT PEARL SHELL. FLORAL DESIGN AROUND THE WIDE CENTRAL SECTION AND AROUND THE UPPER NECK SECTION ARE A SERIES OF ONE INCH SQUARES OF THREE SEPARATE FLORAL AND GEOMETRIC DESIGNS. ON THE VERY TOP EDGE IN GOLD LACQUER IS A ROW OF GREEK KEY DESIGNS. THREE FEET ARE FASTENED NEAR THE OUTER EDGES OF THE CYLINDER. THESE FEET WERE GLUED ONTO A MODIFIED TRIANGULAR FLAT PIECE OF NATURAL FINISH WOOD. (BASE) THERE IS A THIN COPPER LINER-CAN TO FIT INTO THE LACQUERED WOOD CYLINDER. 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 THIS IS SHOWN AS THE LEFT HAND OBJECT IN THE LOWER ROW OF THE LOWER PICTURE ON A PLATE." 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 left 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: E324-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Brazier