Ojime: carved ivory in the shape of an oni (demon in human form) w/one hand to side of head. The cord hole runs between the legs and arms. Features in the face indistinct. Ivory is a dark yellow. Dirt or stain in depressions of surface. Very worn. H. 1.5 cm.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
China [Catalogue Card: Japan]
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
before 1933
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects) and Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Context of use:
The ojime is used as a sliding bead on the cord between the netsuke and inro, for the purpose of tightening the cords.