bamboo

2008

Sign shows an image of Jesus in a white robe with a quotation bubble near his mouth saying, "Were we not all created equal?" Below the image are the words "NO on 8." All text and images are...

Wooden head rest. Bamboo scrimshaw, owned by Edward R. Robinson. Marked on one side

(D. Peterson 2/79) Pillow; bamboo tube w/ legs at either end; all over incised geometric designs and...

20th cent.

Field basket. Description: Wicker basket of bamboo with checkerwork square bottom. Lop handles through which a stick is passed and fastened with wire. There are several holes in the stick....

19th c.

Woven round tray, large, bamboo

c. 1950's

rigid fan. Description: bamboo handle mounted in double paper leaf, front shows a green melon with "googlie" eyes, wearing a straw hat; the reverse side is white, and indicates "Made in Tokyo,...

late 19th c. or early 20th c.

Abacus. Description: teak wood, bamboo slides for circular beads with sharp rims; ivory strip veneer with Chinese letters divides beads, Newcastle Chinese.

(D. Peterson 2/79) Date: 20th...

1900-1940

Abacus

1900-1940

Chopsticks, bamboo

(D. Peterson 2/79) China. Date: E. 1900's. chop sticks (1 pair); bamboo; tapered round w/ flat bottom and lead cap on handle (one missing). Condition: poor....

ca. 1850-1900

Bamboo brush, used in cleaning of woks.

From the History Information Station:

Woks are shallow metal bowls used in Chinese cooking. Traditionally made of iron, they are set...

1872

Temple fortune telling set. Date 1872. Container carved from bamboo. Sticks of split bamboo, pair of "answers"of teakwood.

From the History Information Station:

A person with a...

1990s

This miniature bicycle rickshaw was made my Prasert Sytha of Richmond, California as a mnemotic of his days growing up in Laos. The rickshaw, or "sam-lo, " is trimmed with red and green paint....

1990s

This is a minisature school house made by Prasert Sytha in the 1990s as a mnemonic of his days growing up in Laos. Side of school are of woven bamboo, as the prototype. Trim is painted with red...

1990s

This is a model of a residential house from the countryside of Laos, constructed as a menomic by Praert Sytha, longtime resident of Richmond, CA. Mr. Sytha was an immigrant from Laos. House is...

19Th Century

Three-piece bamboo fishing pole. Metal connectors/attachments for each piece. Tip has strange lashing of old brown shoelace, leader? On C (tip) halfway up is a small metsl eye tied to bamboo...

2004

Restaurant Menu from Ana Mandara Restaurant on Beach Street in San Francisco. It has a rust color raw silk cover, trimmed with ocre silk; inside it has two printed pages attached with a bamboo...

c. 1965

Bamboo purse brought by donor's mother Thu Nguyen when she came to the U.S. in 1993. Purse dates from late 1960s and was very expensive in Vietnam.

a, b) two large baskets, circular

c, d) two bent wood - or rattan - frames for supporting the baskets and hooking them onto the yoke;

e) a long wooden yoke.

The baskets are...

c. 1975-1979

Qee Kheng or Laotian musical instrument made of six bamboo pipes, of various widths and lengths that stand vertically and curve slightly at the top; they intersect a horizontal wooden oval piece...

c. 1937-1938

Cloth doll, brown with an embroidered face, and hair of black thread. Skirt and top are of red, black yellow and green striped fabric with red, yellow, black and white checkered fabric appliqued...

1937-1938

A: This female doll is dressed in traditional Philippine costume, in red and light blue. The face of the doll is drawn on tan cloth in black ink. The whites of her eyes and her red lips are...

1978

Water pipe made of bamboo. In Vietnamese it is called " Dieu Cay Thuoc Lao." It consists of a bambu section, painted black, with a hole for the bowl, which is a loose piece of bamboo. It rests at...

1985

This woven bamboo vase was purchased in Kyoto or Nara Japan in 1985 when it was new. It is signed. Woven exterior (A) comes with solid bamboo inset (B).

mid 20th century

Parasol on paper, printed with a red design. The outside ribs of the parasol are painted green/ The handle is blue. (Metallic gold paper sticker on handle, probably told who manufactured...

20th century

A series of seven different sized brushes, with a cap, used by Bette Chinn in her Chinese classes in Oakland. A: Brush of bamboo with a white label featuring a star; bamboo lid is marked "Bette...

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