Honen [ ] no tewaza
(Japan and Korea )
A woman dressed in the simple cotton clothes of a farmer is carrying a tray of rice cakes and the rest of a meal wrapped in a decorative cloth. The tool on her back is used to cut mature rice stalks.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
C. Robert Snell, Oriental Arts & Antiques, Timonium, Maryland; purchased by Justine Lewis Keidel, Owings Mills, Maryland, after 1971; given to Walters Art Museum, 1991.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
14 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. (37.4 x 25.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Justine Lewis Keidel, 1991
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
95.680