Netsuke

Museum number:
9-18879
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018879
Accession number:
Acc.4571
Description:
Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins and John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
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 purse, pouch, or lacquer box
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 15.5 centimeters and width 2.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18879, described as Netsuke, sashi type; in shape of pea pod, with leaves at one end; L 15.5 cm X W 2.4 cm

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