Handmade Papers of the World Item Number: 664/5 a-ggg from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Cream-coloured box-like folder (part a) made of card stock with gold embossing on the spine: "HANDMADE PAPERS OF THE WORLD 1: China--8: Madagascar TAKEO CO., LTD." Folder is filled with large samples of handmade paper from around the world (parts c-ggg); information concerning the originating country, name of paper, materials used, name of paper manufacturer, size in millimeters, and number within the overall paper collection is printed in black ink at the bottom of each sample. Finer, more fragile samples are enclosed in stiff paper folders with circular windows cut into the front and back; information printed along the bottom of the paper sample is repeated along the bottom front edge of the folders. Part b is an index listing all the paper samples in order according to their numeric designation.
Item History
- Made in Japan
- Owned by Takeo Company Ltd. before August 11, 1980
- Received from U.B.C. President's Committee on Japanese Studies (Funding source), Takeo Company Ltd. (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source) on August 11, 1980
What
Who
- Culture
- Japanese
- Previous Owner
- Takeo Company Ltd.
- Received from
- U.B.C. President's Committee on Japanese Studies (Funding source), Takeo Company Ltd. (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Donations Fund (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Japan
When
- Ownership Date
- before August 11, 1980
- Acquisition Date
- on August 11, 1980
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 0664/0005 a-ggg