Netsuke: pile of nine clam shells ••According to the donor's catalog: "Netsuke, in wood, of a pile of clam shells. A game was played—in older times [with] shells. The top shells being directed in heaps before the players, and the bottom shells in one big pile from which the players sought to match the greatest member with those from their own piles, within a specified time.
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:
height 4.1 centimeters
Loans:
S1970-1971 #60: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1970–December 11, 1970)