Container

Description

Lidded container (shintoko), ridged cylinder of black lacquered wood with bands of foliate decoration in gold, four projecting feet and circular lid both with metal fittings, used by the Ainu in ceremonies: Japan, possibly Kyoto, late 17th to early 18th century

Museum reference

A.1909.499.47

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Container, Shintoko

Production information

Unknown
Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu, Japan, East Asia

Date

Late 17th - early 18th century

Style / Culture

Ainu people (Hokkaido), Japanese

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Metal

Physical description

Black and gold laquered wood

Collection place(s)

Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• A Scottish Physician's View: Craft and Spirit of the Ainu from the N. G. Munro Collection (26 Apr 2002 - 01 Sep 2002)
  Historical Museum of Hokkaido
  Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History

References

A Scottish Physician's View: Craft and Spirit of the Ainu from the N. G. Munro Collection (2002), no. 214 (p.73)

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 1 »
world cultures, living lands »
co.5