Accession No
1943.111.8
Description
Writing brush or pen, made of bamboo.
Place
Asia; East Asia; Japan
Period
Source
Strickland, E. F. (Mrs) [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1943.111.8; MAA: Z 36223 [Box marked with this number]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bamboo; Cane
Local Term
Measurements
12mm x 12mm x 189mm
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)
Writing brush or pen with black Japanese script inscribed into the surface towards the end of the brush. Paper label attached to the surface of the pen with Japanese text printed onto the surface. The bristles are made of white animal hair.
Event Date 24/10/2019
Author: ashleigh griffin
FM:285257
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