Tobacco case

Museum number:
9-12556a-f
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210912556a@2df
Alternate number:
3892 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Description:
Tobacco case, pipeholder, pipe, and ojime: The case (a) is carved wood, stained dark. Flat bottom, oval shape, to depict man. Arms attached of blonder wood, upraised over head. Hands grasp cord. Oval inlay missing, below face. Wood ‘pipe’ inlaid next to it. The face (b) carved separately, forms lid and is hinged by the cord. Carved from the blonde wood mouth is opened, glass eyes. Pipe holder (c) is a cylinder sheath with lid of carved wood. Incised decorartions. 1 side: dragon amid clouds, other side: simulated wood grain. Pipe (e) within of bamboo stem, and brass bowl and mouth piece. Ojime (f) mold formed lacquer bead with depiction of 2 men and building.
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco case, accession number 9-12556a-f, described as Tobacco case, pipeholder, pipe, and ojime: The case (a) is carved wood, stained dark. Flat bottom, oval shape, to depict man. Arms attached of blonder wood, upraised over head. Hands grasp cord. Oval inlay missing, below face. Wood ‘pipe’ inlaid next to it. The face (b) carved separately, forms lid and is hinged by the cord. Carved from the blonde wood mouth is opened, glass eyes. Pipe holder (c) is a cylinder sheath with lid of carved wood. Incised decorartions. 1 side: dragon amid clouds, other side: simulated wood grain. Pipe (e) within of bamboo stem, and brass bowl and mouth piece. Ojime (f) mold formed lacquer bead with depiction of 2 men and building.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco case, accession number 9-12556a-f, described as Tobacco case, pipeholder, pipe, and ojime: The case (a) is carved wood, stained dark. Flat bottom, oval shape, to depict man. Arms attached of blonder wood, upraised over head. Hands grasp cord. Oval inlay missing, below face. Wood ‘pipe’ inlaid next to it. The face (b) carved separately, forms lid and is hinged by the cord. Carved from the blonde wood mouth is opened, glass eyes. Pipe holder (c) is a cylinder sheath with lid of carved wood. Incised decorartions. 1 side: dragon amid clouds, other side: simulated wood grain. Pipe (e) within of bamboo stem, and brass bowl and mouth piece. Ojime (f) mold formed lacquer bead with depiction of 2 men and building.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco case, accession number 9-12556a-f, described as Tobacco case, pipeholder, pipe, and ojime: The case (a) is carved wood, stained dark. Flat bottom, oval shape, to depict man. Arms attached of blonder wood, upraised over head. Hands grasp cord. Oval inlay missing, below face. Wood ‘pipe’ inlaid next to it. The face (b) carved separately, forms lid and is hinged by the cord. Carved from the blonde wood mouth is opened, glass eyes. Pipe holder (c) is a cylinder sheath with lid of carved wood. Incised decorartions. 1 side: dragon amid clouds, other side: simulated wood grain. Pipe (e) within of bamboo stem, and brass bowl and mouth piece. Ojime (f) mold formed lacquer bead with depiction of 2 men and building.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tobacco case, accession number 9-12556a-f, described as Tobacco case, pipeholder, pipe, and ojime: The case (a) is carved wood, stained dark. Flat bottom, oval shape, to depict man. Arms attached of blonder wood, upraised over head. Hands grasp cord. Oval inlay missing, below face. Wood ‘pipe’ inlaid next to it. The face (b) carved separately, forms lid and is hinged by the cord. Carved from the blonde wood mouth is opened, glass eyes. Pipe holder (c) is a cylinder sheath with lid of carved wood. Incised decorartions. 1 side: dragon amid clouds, other side: simulated wood grain. Pipe (e) within of bamboo stem, and brass bowl and mouth piece. Ojime (f) mold formed lacquer bead with depiction of 2 men and building.

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