Object Details
Description
Rectangular cage (a) with turned corner posts terminating in pointed finials at top, ball feet; pierced gallery around top edges; hinged door at one side; rectangular, partitioned 'food trough' in cage, next to door; two red and orange ivory birds sit on flat green perch suspended in cage. Orange silk cord attached to ring at top of cage, and decorated with orange and black tassel, flat ivory bird (b), and knotted green bands near tassel.
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Date
late 19th century
Accession Number
1916-19-103-a,b
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
containers
Decorative Arts
cricket cage
Medium
Ivory, silk (cord and tassel)
Dimensions
H x W x D (cage): 5 x 2.9 x 4 cm (1 15/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
L (cord & tassel): 62.3 cm (24 1/2 in.)
possibly made in
Japan
India
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1916-19-103-a_b