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Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 9-11914a-c, described as Inro with netsuke and ojime A) single case wood inro with incised curvilinear designs with crosshatched filler; elm bark (?) 2 ply cord strings. B) Juvenile bear jaw netsuke C) blue glass bead ojime. Worn by men; attached at the belt by cord with netsuke toggle; the two ends of the cord run above the inro first through the ojime and then through two holes in the netsuke; used to hold medicines, etc.; old note inside specimen says “Ainu tobacco-box. The Netsuke (pronounced nit-ske) is the lower jaw of a young bear.”
Hearst Museum object titled Inro, accession number 9-11914a, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-11914b, no description available.
Hearst Museum object titled Ojime, accession number 9-11914c, no description available.

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