Broom (Hoki)

Object Details

Donor Name

Emperor Of Japan

FROM CARD: "A SHEAF OF THIN PLANT STALKS (? CORN) WITH THE FINE BRANCHES OF THE HEAD END SPREAD OUT AS THE BROOM AND THE STALKS BOUND INTO A CYLINDER FOR THE HANDLE. *THOUGH THE DESIGNATION "CORN BROOM" WAS ONLY MADE ON THE THIRD NUMBERING, IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THESE WERE THE SPECIMENS., WHICH WERE RENUMBERED TWICE BY MISTAKE: 337; 4285. MAY 1969 ONLY ONE FOUND."

See Chang-Su Houchins. 1995. Artifacts of Diplomacy: Smithsonian Collections from Commodore Matthew Perry's Japan Expedition (1853-1854). Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology, Number 37. P 105

Record Last Modified

30 Jul 2020

Specimen Count

1

Accession Date

9 Mar 1859

Accession Number

199043

USNM Number

E309-0

Object Type

Broom

Length

65 cm

Width

25 cm

Place

Japan, Asia

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Topic

Ethnology

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8388717

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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