Ink Stone with Silver Cover
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1891
name: label: Donor Name
content: Gen. Horace Capron
notes: label: Notes
content: 2 parts: Lid and base (stone is embedded in base)
label: Notes
content: From Card: "Japanese Ink Stone, used for rubbing down Ind. ink in liquid form. Form: a hard reddish brown stone cut with a slight rim around its edge and a well or deeper excavation at one end to contain the ink rubbed down on the flat surface above. It is set in a base of hard dark red wood; both stone and base are oval with four elevated corners; the cover of the same shape is of bronze and silver. Decorated: The edges of base and cover are ornamented with a fine arabesque scroll work of silver in relief; the center of cover is of silver with a flying crane and waves in low relief. The arabesque scroll work on top and one side of cover missing. No mark."
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: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 010972
label: USNM Number
content: E95395-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Inkstone