Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-12165
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090012165
- Accession number:
- Acc.3145
- Description:
- Netsuke: shape of an abalone, made of wood, possibly cedar; l. 4.5 cm.
- Donor:
- Lloyd W. Swift
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Josephine Hall Bishop
- Collection date:
- before 1917
- Materials:
- Cedar (wood) and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Netsukes
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- June 16, 1975
- Context of use:
- Toggle to be attached to a cord & thrust thru the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch or lacquer box
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- length 4.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-