Letter Box (Ko-Bako)
date
before 1868
creation place
Asia, Japan
medium & support
Carved and lacquered fungus with inlayed shell
measurements
3 1/2 x 7 3/16 x 5 1/4 in. (8.89 x 18.24 x 13.34 cm)
credit line
Gift of Anna M. Kiern in memory of Reverend C.I. Kiern
accession number
1931.500.224a-b
keywords
accessories, applied art, art, artist, Asians, civilization, container, craft, culture, decoration, earth, flat decoration, flower, fungi, human being, Japanese, Ko-Bako, lacquering, lacquerware, learning, letter-box, lower plant, Mongolians, nationality, nature, occupations, ornament, painting, pillar-box, plant, post, post-office, public, race (human), society, tree, world
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