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『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

These are formed of one piece, bent to shape and sewn at
the overlap with cane. Wooden pegs driven in askew from
below secure bottom to sides.
On sides is scratched pattern of large rectangles crossed
by double-line diagonals. Underside of bottom scored
by knife cuts. Sides broken at upper edge, and split.
Length 7⅛″, width 3⅛″, height 2⅛″. Pl. XXIX.
L.H. 04. Woollen tapestry shoe, made to shape on
a last and finely woven. Back and sides are plain buff,
with a band of darker colour running centrally through it,
and splitting into thin lines towards the toe but finishing
before toe is reached. Buff ground of sides continues round
front as a narrow band immediately above sole. Upper
edge neatly worked over thick cord.
Space on top of toes worked in buff and crimson, in
bands of interchange. On upper band is flying bird, each
side, and in middle five pairs of heraldic lions on buff and
crimson alternately, in counterchange. Below is band of
flying birds, crimson on buff ; and below again a band of
buff trellis on crimson. Between first and second bands
narrow line of crimson runs from each side and termi-
nates near centre in two bright green eyes.
Weft of upper, very fine wool ; warp perished. Lining
of coarse canvas and sole of finely plaited string, the
warp in each case being of vegetable fibre, prob. hemp,
and body perished. Extremely good work. 9⅛″ × 3⅛″. For
technique and design, cf. Ser. iv. Pl. XXXVII, L.B. iv.
ii. 0016. Pl. XLII, LXXXVIII.
L.H. 05. Fr. of iron bar, flat, with indications of copper
attachments. Heavily corroded and earth-encrusted.
4⅛″ × ⅛″.
L.H. 06. Mass of silk rags in buff, green, and blue ;
plain weave. (In mass) 8″ × 5⅛″ × 2″.
L.H. 07. Fr. of woollen pile carpet ; pile crimson, buff,
and pink, occurs about every tenth shoot of weft, but has
almost completely perished leaving canvas ground. 8″ × 5″.
L.H. 08. Silk fabric frs. ; plain, light green, much
perished. Length c. 7″.
L.H. 09. Fr. of figured silk, perished. Colours now
buff and blue. Cloud scroll pattern, indistinct. Warp-
rib weave. 6″ × 3⅛″.
L.H. 010. Silk fabric, plain, green (discoloured) ; well
woven. 4⅛″ × 5″.
L.H. 011. Fr. of silk damask, faded crimson, perished
and broken into small pieces. Spot pattern, indistinguish-
able, but a large lozenge, with interlaced angles on short
diagonal, forms important part ; alternate patterns com-
posed of small scrolls are also used. Average size of
frs. c. 1⅛″ × 1″.
L.H. 012. Wooden cup, round, handleless, sides drawing
in to small circular base. Roughly cut, fair condition.
H. 3⅛″, diam. of mouth c. 3⅛″. Pl. XXVII.
L.H. 013. Wooden food-tray, four-legged (one leg
missing). Shallow elliptical tray, with four sq. projections
on underside, cut in one piece with it and socketed to take
tenons of legs. These are of waisted cylinder type—the
upper part of the cylinder shorter than the lower and
roughly quadrilateral—and are secured in sockets by
wooden pins driven right through socket and tenon.
Tray split, roughened on inside and scored with knife-cuts.
Length 1′ 5″, gr. width 10⅛″, h. 6″. Pl. XXVIII.
L.H. 014. Broken frs. of silk, plain buff. Brittle. Gr.
M. 6″.
L.H. 015. Fr. of woven shoe upper ; fine work resem-
bling L.H. 04 (q.v.). Crimson and buff. Perished. Gr. M. 7″.
L.H. 016. Mass of silk frs., plain buff. Perished.
L.H. 017. Mass of silk frs., plain, light blue. Perished.
L.H. 018. Frs. of vegetable fibre fabric, perhaps from
shoe. Woven with double weft, the alternate pairs of weft
threads twisted respectively to R. and L. and giving effect
on surface of rows of plait. Brittle. Gr. M. c. ⅛″ × ⅛″.
L.H. 019. Frs. of grass fabric, like the preceding but
coarser. Caked with sand, brittle. Gr. M. 1″ × ⅛″.
L.H. 020. Fr. of silk, fine plain weave, reddish-buff.
Perished. C. 4⅛″ × 2⅛″.
L.H. 023-7. Five wooden arrows ; wooden shafts with
feathers and binding, but no heads. Instead, stick is
simply trimmed very smoothly to point. 023, 024 alone
complete ; others broken off before point.
Feathers remain on all, though worn down to stumps
on 027. They are tied on in bunches round shaft, and cut
short at length of about 3″, forming short stiff 'brush'
round it. Two bunches (or traces of two) remain on all
except 025, one covering end of shaft, and the other about
6″ lower down. Binding is of gut, with red woollen string
sometimes on top.
Shafts of 023 and 026 also orn. with incised spiral lines
(three on each), running down from feathered end (on
023 complete) to 5⅛″ from point, where are marks as of
binding. Spiral lines are further 'toothed' on L. side by
series of small incised dashes, cut at right angles to direction
of shaft ; cf. ornamentation of wooden pins L.F. ii. 04, &c.
(Pl. XXIV).
023 has piece of deerskin (?) tied round shaft 3″ below
base of topmost feather bunch, and from this gut runs
spirally down shaft towards point (broken off).
Lengths : 023 and 024 (complete) 29″ ; 025, 22″ ; 026,
14⅛″ ; 027, 20⅛″ ; diams. (025) ⅟₁₆″ to (023) ⅟₁₆″. Pl. XXV.
L.H. 028-9. Two carved wooden legs of food-trays ;
lion-shaped as N. xxvi. 01 (Pl. XV), but without disc.
Deep semicircular depression above hook.
Not a pair, 029 being larger than 028, and having two
grooves along abacus, and oblong bevelled projection at
back of lower leg. Oblong tenon on top of each. 028 well
made. Good condition. 028, 4⅛″ × 1⅛″ × ⅛″ ; 029, 5″ × 1⅛″
× ⅛″. Pl. XXVI.
L.H. 030. Carved wooden leg of food-tray ; in form of
waisted cylinder, roughly cut, with projecting tenon at
top. H. 3″ (with tenon 3⅛″) ; gr. diam. 2⅛″.
L.H. 031. Pottery handle, ear-shaped, broken off vessel.
Red, rather fine clay, with yellowish slip (?). H. 3″,
gr. projection 1⅛″. Pl. XXVI.