Title

Furoshiki

Mediumsilk
Donor credit lineGift of Nancy Long
Object number2018.50.1
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionJapanese wrapping cloth that originated with a descendent of Mercator Cooper Kendrick, relating to the whaleship Manhattan. Used or of the type used to wrap provisions given to the ship and its crew by a member of the samurai class during the Tokugawa era.
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