Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7655

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090007655

Alternate number:

3-149 (original number), 4-289 (original number), and 5-265 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Description:

Netsuke: man with long beard, mounted on very small horse. ["Netsuke" crossed out on card, "Bead" handwritten above it.]

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

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 5.3 centimeters and height 4.1 centimeters

Legacy documentation: