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Trunk - Hasamibako

Trunk - Hasamibako - Trunk
Accession #: 812.7
Title: Trunk - Hasamibako
Object Type: Trunk
Participants:
Physical Description: Miniature oblong wooden box covered with black paper (lacquered), decorated on five surfaces with intricate design in gold leaf. Corners and edges supported with decorative silver brackets. Silver handles on two sides (the long sides). Bottom of trunk lacquered black. Tray inside trunk lacquered black and edged in gold color. Trunk and lid lined with white paper decorated with gold leaf. Removable tray and lid.
Description: The name for a lacquer chest/luggage with 2 carrying poles (812.18) in Japanese (Romaji) is "Hasamibako" according to Michiko Takaoka, former director of the Japanese Cultural Center Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute. The Miss Tokushima doll was used as part of an international doll exchange to promote goodwill between Japan and the U. S. This doll is 1 of 58 doll ambassadors sent by 2,610,000 Japanese school girls in those Primary Schools and Kindergartens which had received one of the 12,739 Doll Messengers of Friendship sent to Japan in the spring of 1927 by thousands of American children and young people. The Friendship Doll exchange was coordinated by the Committee on World Friendship Among Children, which was instituted by The Commission on International Justice and Goodwill of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. This particular doll represents the Tokushima prefecture on the island of Shikoku.
Category: History
Related Objects:
812.1 (Koryusai Takizawa, Doll, Japanese Friendship Doll, Miss Tokushima, 1927)
812.18 (Yoshitoku Corporation, Accessory, Doll, Pair of Carrying Poles, 1927)
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
Toy (Recreation), Storage (Tools & Equipment->Container)
Geographical Reference: Tokushima (International->Asia->Japan)
Dimensions:
length 5 1/2"
width 3 1/2"
height 3 1/2"
Materials/Techniques:
paper (fiber product) ( -> -> ) (Material)
wood (plant material) ( -> -> -> ) (Material)
gold leaf ( -> -> ->metal-> ) (Material)
silver (metal) ( -> -> ->metal) (Material)
Related Exhibits:
Credit Line: Gift of the Goodwill Doll Exchange, 1927. In honor of their work to further the exchange of friendship and knowledge between the people of Japan and the people of the Inland Northwest and for their work in the history of Friendship Dolls, the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture dedicates "Miss Tokushima" to Michiko and Hiroshi Takaoka. Board of Trustees, September 5, 2006.

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