Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1983-0015-0002A,B | |
| Category | Carvings; Ceremonial Items | |
| Object Name | Mortuary urn with lid | |
| Culture | Japanese | |
| Global Region | East Asia | |
| Country | Japan | |
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| Other Geographic Data | Island: Okinawa; Tsukishima, southwest side below cliffs | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | 1600s or earlier | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Coral | |
| Description | Urn for secondary burial, carved from a large piece of coral in the form of a hollowed rectangular box with open top; Separate removable lid extends over edges of box and is peaked to resemble a house roof; NB: The two urns in this collection were both uninhabited when collected in 1960; the site had been abandoned generations earlier, and the urns had been disrupted and washed out by numerous typhoons over the years; Additionally, such urns were used as secondary repositories after the deceased was laid in a tomb; After a time in the urns, the bones would be cremated and scattered in the ocean; The lid on this urn appears very small in relation to urn, suggesting the two were possibly not originally associated with each other. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 65.0, Width = 56.5, Length = 35.0 | |