Netsuke

Museum number:
9-18871
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018871
Accession number:
Acc.4571
Description:
Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 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:
A toggle or device attached to the end of a cord or rope to keep it from slipping; cord thrust under the sash of a kimono to support purse pouch, box, or basket (in absence of pockets).
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 3.2 centimeters and height 4.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18871, described as Netsuke; man astride horse, holding map (?) between both hands; horse grazing, with bent leff [sic, left] foreleg; oval flat base, with maker's mark on underside; H 4.5 cm X w 3.2 cm

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