{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"45356"},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Bequest of Ritalou Rogow Harris, Class of 1957, and Robert O. Harris"},"labelText":{"label":"More Information","value":"Fujinuma Noboru pursued bamboo art as a second career, after quitting his job as a quality control manager for Nikon at the age of thirty and apprenticing himself to Yagisawa Keizo. Despite starting relatively late in life for someone working in traditional crafts, his talent soon became apparent as his baskets were accepted into the most prestigious exhibitions and he gained membership into the Japan Craft Arts Association. The color of this basket evokes the appearance of susudake, \u201csmoked bamboo\u201d recycled from the rafters of old farmhouses, where ash and soot from the hearth over time turned the bamboo a warm reddish-brown color. The scarcity of actual susudake has led contemporary bamboo artists such as Fujinuma to master staining techniques that re-create this prized effect."},"invno":{"label":"Object number","value":"2012.015.031"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Tightly woven twill plaited bamboo tall flower basket with low pinched waist. The twill is woven in a tight horizontal herringbone band at the waist and below the banded rim. The layered rim is bound with brown and black rattan stitches. Two low loop handles are inserted on the side and attached with insect wrapping and turtle-shell knots.  The basket sits on an open mat black and brown plaited base with a bound foot rim. A single signed panel is inserted into the base. Accompanied by lacquered bamboo water container and signed tomobako or kiri wood storage box."},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Madake bamboo and rattan"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"media":{"label":"Media","value":"2012.015.031"},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Palms Pressed Together in Prayer"},"classification":{"label":"Classifications","value":"Decorative Arts"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker / Culture","value":"Fujinuma Noboru"},"primaryMedia":{"value":"https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/95966/full"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"2003"},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"203299"},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height: 11 inches (27.9 cm);Diameter: 5 inches (12.7 cm)"}}]}