Morse, Edward Sylvester, 1838-1925 · New York : Harper · leaf 218
g, narrow wooden box (fig. 157). This box, like tallic motjnt- 1 ing of Screen other articles of household use, such as bureaus and Frame.chests of drawers, has long hanging iron handles,which when turned upwards project above the level of thetop, forming convenient loops through which a stick may… … 180 JAPANESE HOMES AND THEIR SURROUNDINGS. swayed by the wind. These devices may be in the shape ofsome metal figure which acts as a check, or a heavy weightof pottery made in the shape shown in fig. 158, the .end of thescreen fitting into the slot in the weight.
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