3-132 (original number), 4-269 (original number), and 5-244 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
netsuke (to fasten): kneeling man, drinking. His robe is wood; face, hands, cup and jug are ivory. 6.6 cm with base, 3.5 cm without; toggle to be attached to the end of a cord and thrust through the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch, or lacquer box; 20th century example
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Toggle to be attached to the end of a cord and thrust through the sash of a kimono for the support of a purse, pouch or lacquer box.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height without base— height 3.5 centimeters and height with base— height 6.6 centimeters
Comment:
donor base/stand marked with catalog number LW 2015-10-29
Loans:
S1968-1969 #4: University of California, Berkeley (July 2, 1968–May 3, 1973) and S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)