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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1937.177.G
Title
Baren (tool used to rub the reverse of a woodblock print to in order to transfer the pigment)
Other Titles
Transliterated Title: Baren
Classification
Artists' Tools
Work Type
baren
Date
19th-20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, Japan
Culture
Japanese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192387

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lacquered paper over coiled banana-fiber cord, wrapped in a banana leaf
Dimensions
Circumfrance 13.9 cm x Depth 1.5 cm (5 1/2 x 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Ernest G. Stillman, Class of 1907
Accession Year
1937
Object Number
1937.177.G
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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