Family Shinto Altar (Kamidana)
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Mar 1859
label: Collection Date
content: 1852 to 1854
name: label: Donor Name
content: Emperor Of Japan
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "THIS IS THE THIRD CLASS OR SMALLEST OF SUCH SHRINES, THAT WOULD BE USED BY THE POOREST PEOPLE. MADE OF PLAIN WOOD IN THE SIMPLEST FORM: ON A RECTANGULAR PLATFORM IS A CURVED ROOF, UPRIGHT BOX WITH DOORS IN FRONT, AND INSIDE IS A VERY SIMPLY CARVED WOODEN FIGURE OF "DIAKOKU" THE GOD OF WEALTH."
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 101
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
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: 199043
label: USNM Number
content: E303-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Altar
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 34.2 cm
label: Width
content: 16 cm
label: Height
content: 35.2 cm