Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7484

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21090007484

Alternate number:

4-2 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Description:

Netsuke: puppy with head between his paws. Wears ribbon collar.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Production place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Ivory (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 2.7 centimeters

Comment:

Made by men.

Loans:

S1968-1969 #4: University of California, Berkeley (July 2, 1968–May 3, 1973)

Images:

Legacy documentation:

3D: