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Item number Ed5.1439 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Figure of a female woodcutter on wooden base wearing a short kimono, decorated with gold flowers (part a). Wearing straw sandals, floral head wrap, brown leg wrappings and has wooden pack frame on back. Holding a hatchet (part b).
History Of Use
It was likely this figure was made for foreigners to display as an example of Japanese art.
Iconographic Meaning
The length of the figure’s sleeves indicate she is young and unmarried. They would hang down below her waist if she had not tucked them into her sash. Her style of clothing is meant to show she is a woman used to physical labour.
Item History
- Made in Japan between 1800 and 1900
- Owned by Florence Fyfe-Smith before July 9, 1976
- Received from Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor) on July 9, 1976
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- Ed5.1439 a-b
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- wood, ivory, paint ?, shell ? and lacquer
- Overall
- height 39.8 cm, width 16.5 cm, depth 14.4 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Florence Fyfe-Smith
- Received from
- Florence Fyfe-Smith (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1800 and 1900
- Ownership Date
- before July 9, 1976
- Acquisition Date
- on July 9, 1976
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 79
- Accession Number
- 0295/0052 a-b
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