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Farmer’s Lunchbox

Korean

Artwork Details

Farmer’s Lunchbox
late 19th–early 20th century
Korean
bamboo
6 x 10 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. (15.24 x 27.31 x 16.51 cm)
Gift of Ok Ja Chang and the Chang Family
2009/2.50

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Physical Description:

A rectangluar box woven with bamboo. There is a strip of bamboo with a clasp to keep the basket closed and in one piece. Used as a fermer's lunchbox.

This lunchbox is woven from strips of bamboo. The outer part is plain-woven, while the inner part is woven in the style of a reed mat. The frame is made from bands of bamboo tied together in two places. Lunchboxes such as this one were used to deliver meals to those working in fields.

[Korean Collection, University of Michigan Museum of Art (2017) p. 278]

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