Carved containers

Museum number:
9-8938
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2405
Description:
inro with netsuke; flat oval lacquer box with 4 compartments and cover, all connected by brown cord to ivory curled-up rat netsuke; design is allover repeat of 4-lobed flower inside diamond (gold with traces of black outlines); worn by men; attached at the belt by a silk cord with netsuke toggle; originally used to hold the seal which must always be at hand; later used mainly for medicines, sweetmeats, etc.; this specimen does not have the bead cord holder (ojime).
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
Box— height 6.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Carved containers, accession number 9-8938, described as inro with netsuke; flat oval lacquer box with 4 compartments and cover, all connected by brown cord to ivory curled-up rat netsuke; design is allover repeat of 4-lobed flower inside diamond (gold with traces of black outlines); worn by men; attached at the belt by a silk cord with netsuke toggle; originally used to hold the seal which must always be at hand; later used mainly for medicines, sweetmeats, etc.; this specimen does not have the bead cord holder (ojime).

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