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Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1944A,B
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Knife with sheath
Culture	Chinese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Metal: Steel; Wood; Iron; Brass
Description	A: Knife; B: Sheath; Sheath has main compartment to hold the knife and a smaller compartment on the front, presumably to hold chopsticks (missing); From BRL 1982: "Trousse / knife and scabbard (chopsticks missing) / China or Tibet / no date. Blade: Very fine watered blade with broad fullers. Handle: Knife has black buffalo horn handles with elaborate decoration of copper, brass, and steel; steel pinned - on bolsters and cap. Scabbard: steel scabbard bind with wood decorated with copper, brass, and leather."
Dimensions (cm)	Width = A=2.5; B=2.8, Thickness = A=1.5; B=3.6, Length = A=28.8; B=20.5

Catalog Number	CAS 1989-0011-0002
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Mahjong instruction book
Culture
Global Region	East Asia (North America)
Country	China (USA)
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture	1939
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Paper; Ink; Plastic
Description	English-language mahjong instruction booklet titled â€œMAAJH: The American Version of an Ancient Chinese Gameâ€; Inside reads â€œCopyright Nov. 1938, Revised Edition Oct. 1939, by Viola L. Cecil - All Rights Reserved - Publishers HALLCO, Inc., 67 Irving Place, New York Cityâ€; Viola L. Cecil was the president of the National Mah Jongg League (USA), a league which she proposed establishing. Begun with 32 members, the League had approximately 25,000 members at the time this pamphlet was published. Booklet is paper with red plastic ring binding; Tucked inside the booklet are folded paper instructions for â€œTen Games of Canastaâ€ and a bridge score card; The mahjong set and booklets from this accession (CAS 1989-0011-0001 and CAS 1989-0011-0002) were from the Hannan house, which was used as a residence for the Director of the California Academy of Sciences in the 1930s.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 14.2, Thickness = 0.8, Length = 19.0

Catalog Number	CAS 0373-0001A-C
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Measuring scale with case
Culture	Chinese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Metal: brass; Ivory
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 7.1 (case), Thickness = 3.2 (case), Length = 34.5 (case)

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1147A,B
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Medicine grinder
Culture	Japanese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture	early to mid 1900s
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Metal: Cast iron
Description	Medicine grinder consisting of of deep, elongated, trough-like bowl with with a keeled base and wide lip around rim terminating in short funnel-like projection at one end; Round cutting blade is bifacially beveled along edges and was originally hafted to short wooden handle and rolled by hand inside bowl for grinding of Chinese-type medicines into powder form.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 15.4 (bowl), Width = 14.4 (bowl), Depth = 8.3 (bowl), Thickness = 3.0 (blade), Max Diam = 23.0 (blade), Length = 40.2 (bowl)

Catalog Number	CAS 1988-0009-0019
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Miniature pack frame
Culture	Filipino
Global Region	Southeast Asia
Country	Philippines
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1904-1907
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Bamboo
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 19.2, Thickness = 2.6, Length = 33.5

Catalog Number	CAS 2019-0004-0034
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Mirror
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Mongolia
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Glass; Paint; Metal; Jade (?)
Description	Round handheld mirror with scalloped metal border; Back of mirror features a painting of a man riding a camel in the foreground, with a second figure next to a small dwelling and a mountain range in the background; Handle of mirror is jade, with a small portion at the top continuous with the decorative metal border.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 6.0, Thickness = 1.1, Length = 14.0

Catalog Number	CAS 2019-0004-0033A,B
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Mirror on stand
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Glass; Paint
Description	Large rectangular mirror in a black wooden frame which slides vertically into a matching wooden stand; Back of mirror is painted with a scene of three women, two of them holding babies, with a house in the background and stylized trees and plants surrounding them; Scene is painted primarily in colors of green, blue, and red; Wooden stand is carved with a vine and floral pattern at the bottom.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 45.3, Width = 12.5, Length = 28.7

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1155
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Mortar
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Metal: Brass
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 8.0, Max Diam = 13.0

Catalog Number	CAS 2001-0004-0017
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Mortar
Culture
Global Region	Southeast Asia
Country	Indonesia
State/Prov./Dist.	Java
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1980s
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood
Description	Deep round mortar with flat base and deep rounded sides, carved from single piece of wood and used to process cassava; Both interior and exterior have been roughly carved; Large area on base and smaller area on upper side (on exterior only) have been natively repaired with wooden patches, the larger one held in place with a mud and straw adhesive and the smaller one with wooden pegs.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 21.0, Max Diam = 46.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0425-0194A,B
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Mortar and pestle
Culture	Japanese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	A,B: Wood
Description	A: Hour glass shaped mortar with two hand holds cut into sides below the rim; B: Barbell-shaped wooden pestle with extensive use wear on one end.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = A=48.5, Thickness = A=6.0, Max Diam = A=44.8; B=6.6, Length = B=136.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0389-1652
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Nut cracker
Culture	Filipino
Global Region	Southeast Asia
Country	Malaysia (Malaya) or Philippines
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture	ca. 1700s?
Collection Name	Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials	Metal: Iron; Brass
Description	Hinged iron utensil with brass bands spiraling around handles as decoration; Proximal ends have brass knobs.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 1.3, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 32.1

Catalog Number	CAS 1998-0009-0015A,B
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Opium scale in case
Culture
Global Region	Southeast Asia
Country	Malaysia (Malaya) or Indonesia
State/Prov./Dist.	Sarawak, Malaysia or Borneo, Indonesia
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name	Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Metal: Brass; Wood; String
Description	A: Scale; B: Case.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = A=46.0; B=19.5, Width = A=12.4; B=9.2, Thickness = B=3.1, Length = A=6.3

Catalog Number	CAS 0425-0179
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pack frame
Culture	Japanese
Global Region	East Asia
Country	Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Straw
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 35.0, Thickness = 3.0, Length = 64.0

Catalog Number	CAS 2002-0006-0007
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

Catalog Number	CAS 2019-0004-0030A-F
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pipe
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Metal; Boarâ€™s hair
Description	Antique metal water pipe with rounded receptacle, long, extended mouth piece, and accompanying tools which fit into slots in the body of the receptacle; Body of pipe is engraved on both sides with flowers, birds, and Chinese characters.
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 23.6, Width = 7.6, Thickness = 3.8

Catalog Number	CAS 2019-0004-0031
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pipe
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Metal; Seed pod; Silk
Description	Bamboo pipe made from the lower part of a bamboo stalk, with the root forming the head of the pipe; Adorned by copper and brass mounting; Carved seed pod tobacco container is attached to the pipe by a blue string.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 2.4, Thickness = 2.3, Length = 18.8

Catalog Number	CAS 2019-0004-0032
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pipe
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Wood; Metal; Cotton thread
Description	Long wooden pipe; Stem is carved into a series of four faces; Elongated mouthpiece is brass; Receptacle is adorned with copper and brass; Wooden tobacco container is attached to the body of the pipe by a thin string.
Dimensions (cm)	Width = 2.8, Thickness = 7.5, Length = 24.2

Catalog Number	CAS 0373-0002
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pipe
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Bamboo; Metal: Brass
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Max Diam = 2.0, Length = 77.9

Catalog Number	CAS 0373-0005
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pipe
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Metal: brass
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 44.4, Width = 6.3, Length = 15.5

Catalog Number	CAS 0016-0003A-D
Category	Tools & Implements
Object Name	Pipe
Culture
Global Region	East Asia
Country	China
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name	N/A
Materials	Metal; Enamel
Description
Dimensions (cm)	Height = 28.2, Width = 3.3, Length = 7.9

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