Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12460
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012460
Alternate number:
3535 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Netsuke: Manju (ryusa) type. Ivory pillow shaped roundel with 6 crests around central crest on one side, four crests around central hole on other side. Four kidney shaped holes on outside edge. Designs are completely perforated forming hollow interior. Ivory is yellow, depressions are stained dark.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; ; Attr
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12460, described as Netsuke: Manju (ryusa) type. Ivory pillow shaped roundel with 6 crests around central crest on one side, four crests around central hole on other side. Four kidney shaped holes on outside edge. Designs are completely perforated forming hollow interior. Ivory is yellow, depressions are stained dark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12460, described as Netsuke: Manju (ryusa) type. Ivory pillow shaped roundel with 6 crests around central crest on one side, four crests around central hole on other side. Four kidney shaped holes on outside edge. Designs are completely perforated forming hollow interior. Ivory is yellow, depressions are stained dark.

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