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Cricket Cage And Base (Japan)
This is a cricket cage and base. It is dated late 19th century and we acquired it in 1916. Its medium is rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers (imitation insects). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Fish Trap (Papua New Guinea)
- plaited rattan, sago-palm ribs, cane.
- Transferred from the US Department of Agriculture and Dr. E. W. Brandes,....
- 15.2012.16
- Cricket Cage (Italy)
- wood, metal wire.
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1916-40-12
- Cricket Cage (possibly India)
- ivory, silk (cord and tassel).
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1916-19-103-a,b
Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.
- Curiosity Cloud
- installation, specimen display, book.
- Courtesy of mischer'traxler Studio.
- NATURE.001
- Monarch Sanctuary
- partial building façade model, diagram, video.
- Courtesy of Terreform ONE.
- NATURE.020
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 10.5 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Cricket Cage And Base (Japan); rattan, bamboo, lacquered wood (base); fiber, paper, silk, feathers (imitation insects); H x W x D: 10.5 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 1 13/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1916-40-3-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.
