Plaque Item Number: N2.985 a-nn from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Plaque (a) on stand (b). The stand has two detachable posts with gold pointed finials (c-d) at either side that hold two panels with scrolling edges (e-f) at an angle against two taller posts that support the plaque. The rectangular divided frame that forms the plaque contains 34 "ancestral tablets" (g-nn), each of which is a slat of wood with red lacquer on the front and black on the reverse, and the slats are two deep with 18 in the bottom section and 17 in the top section. The plaque is black with two gold dragons, clouds and waves in gold, red, white and black inside a gold border. The base is black with gold accents, scrolls on the taller posts in gold and green, a lotus flower and two lilypads in gold and green on red at the centre, and wave motifs on the two removable panels.
Item History
- Made in Okinawa, Japan
- Collected by Wayne Suttles during 1954
- Owned by Wayne Suttles before 1954
- Received from Wayne Suttles (Seller) and University Purchase (Funding source) during 1954
What
Who
- Culture
- Okinawan
- Field Collector
- Wayne Suttles
- Previous Owner
- Wayne Suttles
- Received from
- Wayne Suttles (Seller) and University Purchase (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Okinawa, Japan
When
- Collection Date
- during 1954
- Ownership Date
- before 1954
- Acquisition Date
- during 1954
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 82
- Accession Number
- 2171/0125 a-nn