Figures
- Museum number:
- 9-16117
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090016117
- Accession number:
- Acc.3190
- Description:
- Figures; two men in costume, one on the other's shoulder; carved and stained material, prob. whale tooth; h. 5.9 cm.
- Donor:
- Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Japan attr.
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Tooth (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- November 1, 1978
- Context of use:
- Novelty; not netsuke though properly drilled.
- Department:
- Asia (except western Russia)
- Dimensions:
- height 5.9 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-