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1. Altar cloth

Museum number:
9-5474
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
1909

2. Altar cloth

Museum number:
9-5671
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Altar cloths and Dragons
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
1909

3. Altar surround

Museum number:
9-15483
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Dragons
Function:
2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan

4. Bag and netsuke

Museum number:
9-6766a,b
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Bags (generic containers) and Dragons
Function:
5.5 Stimulants, Narcotics, and Accessories
Dimensions:
purse— width 13.97 centimeters
Collector:
Camille J. Ehrenfels and Henry Ehrenfels
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
before January 19, 1966

5. Chair cover

Museum number:
9-5673
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Phoenixes
Function:
4.2 Public Buildings and Furnishings
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
1909

6. Container, netsuke and bead

Museum number:
9-12545a-c
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Dragons
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:
a— length 9 centimeters, c— diameter 2 centimeters, and b— length 7.7 centimeters
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Collection date:
before 1933

7. Doll

Museum number:
9-16068
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Dolls (figurines) and Dragons
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Dimensions:
length 16 inches and width 15 inches
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan

8. Figurine

Museum number:
9-9532
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Dragons and Figurines
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Collection place:
Japan

9. Furoshiki

Museum number:
9-18694
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Phoenixes
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Collection place:
Japan

10. Ink well

Museum number:
9-8210
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object class:
Dragons and Inkwells
Function:
7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
Collection place:
Japan