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"Peerless" basket
"Peerless" basket

"Peerless" basket

Shôno Shôunsai (Japanese, 1904–1974)
1953
Object PlaceKyushu (Oita), Japan
Medium/TechniqueMadake bamboo (Phyllostachys bambusoides); woven in rinkô (scale-armor) and ajiro (twill) styles
DimensionsOverall: 8.9 x 29.2 cm (3 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number2005.623
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Not on view
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
CopyrightREPRODUCED WITH PERMISSION>
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