Bead

Museum number:
9-12475
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012475
Alternate number:
3877L (original number)
Description:
Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
Collection date:
pre-1933
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Beads (pierced objects)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 9-12475, described as Japan. Ojime: ivory bead, intricately carved to depict breaking waves, and swirling water. Tiny fish designs below (the waves are similar to Hokusai's). Cord hole is lined with bamboo tube. Diameter 1.7 centimeters.

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