Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7888
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007888
- Alternate number:
- 4-4 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Description:
- netsuke: antler; dragon squatting on rock, tail curled up over back; curl back from forehead. Signed probably by Kokusai.
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Meiji era (1868-1912) and Shōwa era (1926-1989)
- Maker or artist:
- Kokusai
- Collector:
- Geraldine C. Robson
- Collection date:
- before 1940
- Materials:
- Antler (material)
- Inscription:
- Signed probably by Kokusai.
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Dragons and Netsukes
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- 1868-1940
- Accession date:
- 1968
- Context of use:
- Toggle to be attached to the end of a cord and thrust through the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch or lacquer box.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- height 2 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1970-1971 #109: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (April 6, 1971–April 7, 1971)
- Legacy documentation:
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