Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7697
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007697
- Alternate number:
- 3-88 (original number), 4-209a (original number), and 5-183 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Description:
- Netsuke: man with very large head and open mouth. He is seated. ["seated" crossed out and "kneeling" handwritten on catalog card.]
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Collector:
- Geraldine C. Robson
- Collection date:
- before 1940
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Netsukes
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- 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 3.7 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-