Object name: Container / Media available: legacy documentation / Culture or time period: Ainu - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Container Media available legacy documentation Culture or time period Ainu

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.”