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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