Netsuke

Museum number:
9-18789
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4571
Description:
Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cm
Donor:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Dorothy Campbell Tompkins and John Barr Tompkins
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Context of use:
A toggle or device attached to the end of a cord or rope to keep it from slipping; cord thrust under the sash of a kimono to support purse pouch, box, or basket (in absence of pockets). Possibly a Noh or Kyogen figure.
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 3.9 centimeters and height 4.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18789, described as Netsuke; mask, wood; man; stylized hair line; perforations for eyes, nose and mouth; concave reverse side; red., black and gold paint; L 4.7 cm X L 3.9 cm

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