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CAS 0391-0015   CAS 0391-0015; Fishing tackle and frame
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Fishing tackle and 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; Metal; String; Fishing line
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 7.5, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 12.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0391-0016   CAS 0391-0016; Fishing tackle and frame
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Fishing tackle and frame
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Ehime (?)
County
Other Geographic Data Island: Shikoku; Village: Misaki (?)
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1906
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bamboo; Fishing line; Feathers; Cordage; Feather quills; Metal: Steel
Description Tackle used to fish for tai (pagrus), consisting of rectangular frame made from 6 equal-sized bamboo strips laid side by side and held apart by 4 spacer rods; Length of fishing line is wrapped around frame from end to end; Short double length of 2-ply cordage is tied to one end of line, probably to serve as lure; J-shaped steel hook wrapped in white feathers and encased in feather shaft with silver metal plug in end is tied to opposite end of fishing line.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 8.7, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 15.2

Catalog Number

CAS 0391-0012   CAS 0391-0012; Fishing tackle frame
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Fishing tackle 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
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 20.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0391-0013   CAS 0391-0013; Fishing tackle frame
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Fishing tackle 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
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 13.0, Thickness = 2.1, Length = 20.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0116-0001A-F   CAS 0116-0001A-F; Fly trap
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Fly trap
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; Metal; Glass
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 15.6, Width = 24.1, Length = 24.1

Catalog Number CAS 0425-0207   CAS 0425-0207; Hoe
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Hoe
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 Metal; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 45.0, Width = 18.0, Thickness = 1.8, Length = 94.0

Catalog Number CAS 0425-0208A,B   CAS 0425-0208A,B; Hoe
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Hoe
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. unknown
County
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture late 1800s to early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Metal; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 41.0, Width = 18.0, Length = 84.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0196   CAS 0425-0196; Implement (grain stripper; replica)
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Implement (grain stripper; replica)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Richard Clark
Date of Manufacture ca. 1977
Collection Name N/A
Materials Bamboo; Hemp
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 2.5, Length = 54.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0389-1523   CAS 0389-1523; Knife
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Knife
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name Rietz Collection of Food Technology
Materials Metal: Steel
Description From BRL 1982: “Japanese Kodzuka and Kogatana - little utility knife that goes in short sword scabbard.”
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.4, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 21.9

Catalog Number

CAS 0389-1147A,B   CAS 0389-1147A,B; Medicine grinder
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 0425-0194A,B   CAS 0425-0194A,B; Mortar and pestle
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 0425-0179   CAS 0425-0179; Pack frame
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   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

Catalog Number CAS 0425-0210   CAS 0425-0210; Rake
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Rake
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; Metal
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 39.0, Width = 16.5, Length = 95.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0204   CAS 0425-0204; Rice measure
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Rice measure
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; Metal
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 20.5, Width = 35.3, Length = 65.5

Catalog Number CAS 0425-0273   CAS 0425-0273; Rice tester
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Rice tester
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 Bamboo; Vegetable fiber
Description
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 4.0, Length = 25.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0272A,B   CAS 0425-0272A,B; Shoes (pattens)
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Shoes (pattens)
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; Rope; Nails
Description Pair of pattens (shoes) worn in rice (and other types of) fields to prevent sinking into the ground; Wood has been shaped into rectangles and "dried" brown; Straw is yellow, rope is "dirty" brown.
Dimensions (cm) Width = A=25.3; B=25.2, Thickness = 4.5, Length = A=51.0; B=50.1

Catalog Number

CAS 0391-0032   CAS 0391-0032; Sinker
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Sinker
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 Clay; Enamel; Cordage
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 1.0, Thickness = 0.9, Length = 3.5

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0211A,B   CAS 0425-0211A,B; Snow shoes
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Snow shoes
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist.
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name N/A
Materials Straw (rice straw); Hemp string
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 27.0, Width = 10.0, Length = 28.0

Catalog Number

CAS 0425-0209   CAS 0425-0209; Spade
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Spade
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 Metal; Wood
Description
Dimensions (cm) Width = 26.7, Thickness = 2.9, Length = 99.0
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