Accession No
1943.111.4
Description
Suiteki. Water container, made of metal, in the form of a badger-kettle, the shape-shifting tanuki from the folk take Bunbuku chaguma.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Japan
Period
Source
Strickland, E. F. (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1943.111.4; MAA: Z 36223 [Box marked with this number]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal
Local Term
suiteki
Measurements
58mm x 28mm x 53mm
Events
Context (Other owners)
(bio) (female donor): Mrs E.F. Strickland.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
[Description for duplicate record 'Z 36225']
Wooden box, containing various artist' s materials. Four brushes. Role of paper. Palette for grinding ink. Silver coloured ?water pot in shape of an animal. Indentations in floor of box to hold palette and water pot. Box lid cracked.
Event Date
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Writing case, complete with grinding slab, ink, brushes, paper and metal water container in the form of a badger-kettle.
Event Date 1943
Author: ashleigh griffin
Description (Physical description)
Water container, made of metal, with a silvered exterior. The container has been formed into the shape of a 'badger-kettle', aka the shape-shifting tanuki from the folk take Bunbuku chaguma. The badger's nose is used as a spout and there is another small hole in the top of the dispenser.
Event Date 24/10/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:285253
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