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With carved linear design and metal wire.
Zulu
Container
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.680

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Sutra Scroll Container with Cover
1167 – 1199
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1983/2.248A&B
Globular container with circular base and cone-shaped lid. There are two tunnel-like holes symmetrically opposing, another vertically traveling through the lid down the sides of the container. Large looping circular patterns with small diamond grids are carved across the entire container.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Powder Flask
20th century
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.650A-B
Egg shaped container with removable top. There is a thin metal cable running through the top of the container down opposing sides connecting the top to the body of the vessel. The whole container is covered with grid-like geometric patterns.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Powder Flask
20th century
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.681
Container made by turning a single piece of wood on a lathe. Lid is crowned with mushroom-shaped knob, and shoulder is formed around mouth to support lid. The lid and body are ribbed. A letter resembling the Chinese character &#39;mok&#39; meaning wood or tree is written in onk on the base of the container. The inside shows traces of having been carved with a knife.<br /> <br /> These containers were made by turning single pieces of wood on a lathe. Their lids are crowned with mushroom-shaped knobs, and shoulder is formed around the mouth to support the lid. Plate 345 (UA2004.60) is decorated with sets of double concentric circles at two places of the upper surface of its lid, and at one place around its side. Also around the body are carved two sets of double circles, and the container is painted with red ocher. Meanwhile, the lid and the body of plate 346 (UA2004.61) are ribbed. A letter resembling the Chinese character &ldquo;mok (木: wood or tree)&rdquo; is written in ink on the base of this container. I
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Incense container
19th century
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam
2021/1.161

Japanese (Japanese (culture or style))
Natsume (tea container) with autumn flowers and insects
1600 – 1799
Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
1954/1.549

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dui (food container), with lid
2nd century
Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
1997/1.237A&B
Cylindrical container with a detachable lid. The container and lid are painted black with black and gold bamboo designs on the exterior and gold splatters on the interior.&nbsp;
Tamura Isshū
Tea container (natsume)
1990 – 2016
Museum purchase made possible by the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2016
2016/1.261A&B
Container made by turning a single piece of wood on a lathe. Lid is crowned with mushroom-shaped knob, and shoulder is formed around mouth to support lid. Decorated with sets of double concentric circles at two places of the upper surface of the lid and at one place on the side. Around the body is carve two sets of double circles. Container is painted with red ocher.<br /> <br /> These containers were made by turning single pieces of wood on a lathe. Their lids are crowned with mushroom-shaped knobs, and shoulder is formed around the mouth to support the lid. Plate 345 (UA2004.60) is decorated with sets of double concentric circles at two places of the upper surface of its lid, and at one place around its side. Also around the body are carved two sets of double circles, and the container is painted with red ocher. Meanwhile, the lid and the body of plate 346 (UA2004.61) are ribbed. A letter resembling the Chinese character &ldquo;mok (木: wood or tree)&rdquo; is written in ink on the base of this container.
Korean (Korean (culture or style))
Incense container
19th century
Gift and partial purchase from Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp, purchase with funds from Elder and Mrs Sang-Yong Nam
2021/1.160
Red lacquered wooden duck-shaped container wth lid
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Container
20th century
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.43A&B

Matsumoto Tetsuzan
Kizeto Water Container with Wave Pattern
TC2006.9.3A&B
Globular container with small circular base and lid. Two holes are tunneled through the lid traveling vertically down the sides of the container. A thick piece of fiber is tied through the holes and knotted at each end. Triangular and diamond geometric designs are carved throughout the entire container.
Kuba (Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo style))
Powder Flask
20th century
Gift and partial purchase from the estate of Kurt Delbanco in honor of Nicholas Delbanco
2017/1.651A-B
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