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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 9499490, member: 76316&quot;]I picked this up only about 15 years ago, at a local yard sale. The wood is very lightweight, and appears to be Red Cedar but is probably a Japanese relative. It is 9 1/4&quot; high, 9&quot; deep, 13 1/2 wide; the boards are single panels, about 5/16&quot; thick, an&#039; total weight is ~21 0z.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whatever it was meant to support couldn&#039;t have been too massive, as the assembly is somewhat prone to minor distortion if not on a reasonably level surface, due to the cord-tension being the only force holding it in assembled shape; the tenons aren&#039;t a structurally tight fit in the mortises. Note the detail in pic 5, showing what are apparently wear-pads on the load-bearing face of those mortises. The green cording looks like a small-diameter version of modern para-cord. I really don&#039;t think this item has a lot of age to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The gourd an&#039; moon cut-outs are probably of symbolic cultural significance, but I haven&#039;t researched that, nor really anything else about this sweet little shelf. I am sure there is a Japanese name for this type of construction, or the assembly itself, an&#039; I&#039;ll be grateful to know what it is! Any other wisdom y&#039;all may care to share will also be warmly received. Thanks for lookin&#039;!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]448578[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448579[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448580[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448581[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448582[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448583[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448584[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448585[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448586[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448587[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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