Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7560

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Alternate number:

4-38 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Description:

Netsuke: man seated before small box. His mouth open, a rat crouching on his shoulder.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Production place:

Ise province, Honshu, Japan

Culture or time period:

Edo period (1603-1868)

Maker or artist:

Minkō

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Ivory (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Netsukes

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

1735-1816

Accession date:

1968

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 a purse, pouch or lacquer box.

Department:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

height 3.5 centimeters

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