Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12452
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3527 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Bertha Taussig and Hugo Taussig
Collection date:
pre-1933
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12452, described as Japan. Ojime: carved ivory bead, of three boys crouched, backs together. One covers his ears, another eyes, and the last his mouth with hands ("Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"). Surfaces angular. Some black paint detail. Height 2 centimeters. Hole runs through, between heads and feet.

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