Seed Planting Basket / Artist Unknown, Korea

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Accession Number: 2009/2.54
Title: Seed Planting Basket
Artist: Artist Unknown, Korea
Artist Nationality: Korean
Medium and Support: honeysuckle vine
Object Creation Date: 1875-1925
Credit Line: Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
Dimensions: 16.19 cm x 16.19 cm x 17.78 cm (6 3/8 in. x 6 3/8 in. x 7 in.)
Primary Object Classification: Basketry
Primary Object Type: pouch
Physical Description: A wide cylindrically-shaped basket with an opening at the top. Used to store seeds while farmers would walk and scatter them to plant.
Primary Keywords: baskets; korean
Secondary Keywords: asian; containers; containers by form; east asian; objects we use; people and culture; styles and periods; styles and periods by region
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2592 x 3888
File Size: 264 KB
Record: 2009/2.54
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Full citation: "Seed Planting Basket; Artist Unknown, Korea." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2009-sl-2.54/2009_2.54.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.