Object Details
- Description
- Upright rectangular cage (a) with two parallels and concealed door; attached by small brads to black lacquered wood base (b) with cabriole legs set at angles. Inside cage, imitation black beetle and winged insect (dragon fly?) attached to bars.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- late 19th century
- Accession Number
- 1916-40-3-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- containers
- Decorative Arts
- cricket cage and base
- Medium
- Rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers (imitation insects)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10.5 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
- made in
- Japan
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1916-40-3-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45d0a0ae3-7b4e-4051-91f3-4fc21c02ce1a
