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Small, wooden boat-shaped dish with dark brown lacquer bottom, red lacquer interior and exterior covered with woven straw. Canted sides with crescent-shaped cut out handles.
baskets (containers)
dishes (vessels)
trays
lacquer (coating)
reed (grass, material)
wood (plant material)
weaving
Dish, Serving
Dish, Candy
Dish, Candy
Used At 28 Chestnut Street,
Unknown
Asia
2 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 4 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Amey L. Willson
1937.231
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Title Boat-shaped Dish Accession Number 1912.130
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