Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7887

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Alternate number:

3-85a (original number), 4-205 (original number), and 5-178 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Description:

netsuke: tall thin man, scarf knotted under chin, holds short stick and a monkey (at his ankles) by a leash.

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:

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 7 centimeters

Loans:

S1970-1971 #60: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1970–December 11, 1970)

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