souvenir;
candle;
textile
- Museum number
- As2001,16.221.a-j
- Description
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Group of 10 tourist souvenirs from Uchiko and Matsuyama: paper packet containing 2 candles, box containing two candles, raw material (wax) for making candles, spools of silk for wicks; 5 fabric samples, bag of dyed threads.
- Production date
- 2000
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 4.50 centimetres (spools d)
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Height: 11 centimetres (bag of threads j)
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Height: 19.70 centimetres (box of candles b)
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Height: 12.50 centimetres (fabric sample e)
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Height: 16 centimetres (fabric sample f)
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Height: 13 centimetres (fabric sample g)
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Height: 12.50 centimetres (fabric sample h)
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Height: 14 centimetres (fabric sample i)
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Height: 15.50 centimetres (packet of candles a)
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Height: 5 centimetres (wax c)
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Length: 20.50 centimetres (spools d)
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Weight: 74 grammes (bag of threads j)
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Weight: 131 grammes (box of candles b)
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Weight: 5 grammes (fabric sample e)
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Weight: 7 grammes (fabric sample f)
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Weight: 16 grammes (fabric sample g)
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Weight: 8 grammes (fabric sample h)
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Weight: 10 grammes (fabric sample i)
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Weight: 43 grammes (packet of candles a)
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Weight: 12 grammes (spools d)
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Weight: 55 grammes (wax c)
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Width: 10 centimetres (bag of threads j)
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Width: 5.40 centimetres (box of candles b)
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Width: 21 centimetres (fabric sample e)
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Width: 22.50 centimetres (fabric sample f)
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Width: 37.50 centimetres (fabric sample g)
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Width: 37.50 centimetres (fabric sample h)
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Width: 37.50 centimetres (fabric sample i)
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Width: 6.20 centimetres (packet of candles a)
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Width: 16.50 centimetres (wax c)
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Depth: 6 centimetres (bag of threads j)
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Depth: 2.70 centimetres (box of candles b)
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Depth: 1.60 centimetres (packet of candles a)
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Depth: 11 centimetres (wax c)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good, items were purchased new.
- Acquisition date
- 2001
- Acquisition notes
- Bought for the BP Showcase Exhibition on 'Souvenirs in Contemporary Japan'. British Museum Department of Ethnography; field collection.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As2001,16.221.a-j
