Netsuke

Museum number:
9-5723
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090005723
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
before 1961
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 7.62 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-5723, described as Ivory netsuke; long dragon boat; movable doors & rudder; one figure lost from prow; two links.

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