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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 2002-0006-0007   CAS 2002-0006-0007; Paper weight
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Paper weight
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. mid 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Clay; Glaze
Description Ceramic paper weight or bunchin, used to hold down scrolls; Long, rectangular, three dimensional piece of stoneware fired clay; Approximately one inch of both ends are glazed with a white glaze; Remainder of paper weight is unglazed.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 2.3, Thickness = 2.3, Length = 21.4