Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12526
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Alternate number:
3920 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
before 1933
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Possibly for scoop or measure, or novelty.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 11.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12526, described as Carving (scoop?): Wood carving in shape of leaf, relief veins. Other side hollow. Stem forms loop (for cord?) Very light and thin. L. 11.8 cm.

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