Farmer's Lunchbox / Artist Unknown, Korea

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Accession Number: 2009/2.50
Title: Farmer's Lunchbox
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Artist Nationality: Korean
Medium and Support: bamboo
Object Creation Date: 1875-1925
Object Creation Place: Asia (continent); Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2: Korean Peninsula (peninsula)
Credit Line: Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
Dimensions: 15.88 cm x 26.99 cm x 17.78 cm (6 1/4 in. x 10 5/8 in. x 7 in.)
Primary Object Classification: Basketry
Primary Object Type: basket
Physical Description: A rectangluar box woven with bamboo. There is a strip of bamboo with a clasp to keep the basket closed and in one piece. Used as a fermer's lunchbox.
Primary Keywords: bamboo; baskets; boxes (containers); korean
Secondary Keywords: asian; containers; containers by form; descriptors; east asian; grass (plant material); materials; materials by origin; objects we use; people and culture; plant material; styles and periods; styles and periods by region
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3888 x 2592
File Size: 336 KB
Record: 2009/2.50
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.50/2009_2.50.jpg

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Full citation: "Farmer's Lunchbox; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.50/2009_2.50.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.