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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