Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7697

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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

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