Netsuke

Museum number:
9-7897
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
4-402 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
Netsuke: two figures with soft caps. Ivory masks, much detail. Standing figure holds bell, kneeling holds cloth.
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) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
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:
width 2.8 centimeters, height 4.7 centimeters, and length 3.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990) and S2015-2016 #3: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (May 5, 2016–August 2, 2016)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7897, described as Netsuke: two figures with soft caps. Ivory masks, much detail. Standing figure holds bell, kneeling holds cloth.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7897, described as Netsuke: two figures with soft caps. Ivory masks, much detail. Standing figure holds bell, kneeling holds cloth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7897, described as Netsuke: two figures with soft caps. Ivory masks, much detail. Standing figure holds bell, kneeling holds cloth.

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