Gong Item Number: N2.990 a-c from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Gong-bowl shaped with rows of bosses (part a). Stick (part b) has a red handle with white leather sewn on end. Cushion (part c) is red and white fabric with lotus patterns.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Collected by Ronald P. Dore between 1957 and 1958
- Owned by Ronald P. Dore before 1958
- Received from Ronald P. Dore (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source) during 1958
What
- Name
- Gong
- Identification Number
- N2.990 a-c
- Type of Item
- gong
- Material
- brass metal, leather skin, silk fibre and wood
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, pounded and sewn
- Part A
- height 14.0 cm, diameter 21.6 cm
- Part B
- height 3.6 cm, width 29.9 cm, depth 3.9 cm
- Part C
- height 7.0 cm, diameter 25.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Field Collector
- Ronald P. Dore
- Previous Owner
- Ronald P. Dore
- Received from
- Ronald P. Dore (Seller) and Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Collection Date
- between 1957 and 1958
- Ownership Date
- before 1958
- Acquisition Date
- during 1958
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork; textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0028/0126 a-c