Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12524
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3634 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3923 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Netsuke: Carved dark wood figure of prone man resting upon elbows, holding head in hands. Draped with robe, sleeves covering shoulders. Bottom is flat, rectangle. Cord hole in bottom of base. Very smooth, simple appearance.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12524, described as Netsuke: Carved dark wood figure of prone man resting upon elbows, holding head in hands. Draped with robe, sleeves covering shoulders. Bottom is flat, rectangle. Cord hole in bottom of base. Very smooth, simple appearance.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12524, described as Netsuke: Carved dark wood figure of prone man resting upon elbows, holding head in hands. Draped with robe, sleeves covering shoulders. Bottom is flat, rectangle. Cord hole in bottom of base. Very smooth, simple appearance.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12524, described as Netsuke: Carved dark wood figure of prone man resting upon elbows, holding head in hands. Draped with robe, sleeves covering shoulders. Bottom is flat, rectangle. Cord hole in bottom of base. Very smooth, simple appearance.

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