Baton

97-122-52

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 97-122-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 1800 - 1892
Section Asian
Materials Wood | Metal | Paper | Shell
Technique Inlaid
Description

Black and gold lacquer with chaste metal ends. Attached to it is a cylinder ornamented with shell inlay and having wide black paper fringe. Baton was used to move troops at war time.

Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-122-52 - Old Museum Number | 15500 - ANSP Number

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