Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12523
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Alternate number:
3922 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Ivory with grey stain; carved as large and small squash with vines and leaves. Bird feet on top - no bird. 2 cord holes in bottom. Signature on small squash.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12523, described as Ivory with grey stain; carved as large and small squash with vines and leaves. Bird feet on top - no bird. 2 cord holes in bottom. Signature on small squash.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12523, described as Ivory with grey stain; carved as large and small squash with vines and leaves. Bird feet on top - no bird. 2 cord holes in bottom. Signature on small squash.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12523, described as Ivory with grey stain; carved as large and small squash with vines and leaves. Bird feet on top - no bird. 2 cord holes in bottom. Signature on small squash.

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