Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7746
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007746
- Alternate number:
- 1-78 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Description:
- Netsuke: thunderbolt bearer (kongorikishi or vajrapani); huge man standing nude to waist; 3 tiny men at his feet.
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Production place:
- Ise province, Honshu, Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Meiji era (1868-1912)
- Maker or artist:
- Harumitsu
- Collector:
- Geraldine C. Robson
- Collection date:
- before 1940
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Netsukes
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- 1868-1900
- 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 5.2 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)
- Legacy documentation:
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