Netsuke; man with inverted cone shaped basket hat, worn low over eyes, with two rows of four holes near rim for vision; holding hat at brim with left hand, and shakuhachi (flute) in right hand; clogs on feet; signed on back; H 5.5 cm X W 2.2 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins and John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Clarinets, Clogs, Flutes (aerophones), and Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Context of use:
A toggle or device attached to the end of a cord or rope to keep it from slipping; cord thrust under the sash of a kimono to support purse pouch, box, or basket (in absence of pockets). Shakuhachi: "bamboo wind instrument roughly similar to the clarinet but popularly referred to in English as a flute.