Fireman's Pick Ax

Textiles

Edo period (1615–1868), 1600/1868

Japan

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Fireman's Pick Ax
Place: Japan (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1600–1868
Medium: Wood and iron
Inscriptions: Inscription (on wooden part of handle): KITAZATO (Japanese term for Firemen's Group)
Dimensions: 45.4 × 7.3 cm (17 7/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation
Reference Number: 1998.322
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Lea Sneider, R-L Sneider, Inc., New York, by Apr. 15, 1998 [incoming receipt RX21930, Apr. 15, 1989; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art institute of Chicago, 1998.

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