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Object Number 46-56-60/8269
Display Title Tea whisk - used in tea ceremony
Descriptions
Inventory Description Whisk, bamboo whisk, one piece, finely split ends, in wood box, characters on li
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Japan / Yamashiro / <County> / Kyoto
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm (4 1/4 x 2 1/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 46-56-60/8269
Provenance
Collector Margaret Portia Mickey (1936-1946 - 1946)

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