netsuke w/ stand; (a) inn, flanked by trees. Inside, on first floor are three figures before a table. Upstairs is another figure. (b) oval mottled orange stone base.
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:
9-7523b— width 4.7 centimeters and 9-7523a— height 3 centimeters
Comment:
Made by men.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #4: University of California, Berkeley (July 2, 1968–May 3, 1973)