Woven basket or cicada cage

Japanese Collection

Accession Nr.: 53.366.1
Type: object for daily use
Date of production:
1910 körül
Meiji era
Place of production:
Signed: Unsigned.
Materials/Techniques: bamboo, woven
Dimensions: height: 9.4 cm; width: 16.4 cm
Purchased at the Japan–British Exhibition in London, 1910 (HMI_227/1953)
According to Felvinczi Takács's description, the object used to have a woven lid, making the structure ideal for keeping cicadas or crickets inside. Today, the lid is missing.