3480 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3904 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Carving (Cabinet piece): carved ivory. Intricately carved, depicts seven figures huddled beneath a large pine tree, one mounted on the back of a stag. Pine 'needles' form top for piece. All stand on smooth base, w/ incised design on bottom of tree trunk, and possible signature w/in oval. 'cord holes' on bottom of base. H. 4.8 cm. base L. 4.9 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
before 1933
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Inscription:
possible signature w/in oval
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
Cabinet piece. The figures depicted could possibly be the Shichifukujin, Seven Gods of Good Luck.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 4.8 centimeters and base— length 4.9 centimeters