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posted on 2025-01-22, 10:49 authored by Daphne Mohajer va PesaranDaphne Mohajer va Pesaran
Archival photograph of tools used for scraping the black and green bark from steamed paper mulberry branches in preparation for making papermaking pulp, circa 1950s, photo likely taken by Nobumitsu Katakura. Includes sharp blade with wooden handle, and straw bundle on which one would lay the strips being scraped

Funding

Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

History

Session

A04

Rights owner

Daphne Mohajer va Pesaran

Cultural group

Japanese

Country

Japan

Place

Shiroishi, Miyagi

Item/object

Knife and Straw bundle

Materials

Bark-paper mulberry bark

Cultural context/event

General production

Social group setting

Community

Location

Workshop

Temporality

circa 1950s

Intent

Preparing pulp

Date of creation

2020-01-24

Unique ID

2019SG04-A04-0080

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