Ojime: white, silver like metal bead w/ relief floral design on one side, and a small panel on other side w/ three character inscription. Dark stain between design. L. 2.1cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
before 1933
Materials:
Metal
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Sliding bead used to tighten the cords between the netsuke and inro.