Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7673a,b

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Alternate number:

5-241 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Description:

Netsuke: kagami-buta form. monstrous figure with protruding teeth lying down, with woman above him. Each surrounded by wavey rectangular frame.

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:

Gold (metal), Ivory (material), and Metal

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 4.3 centimeters

Legacy documentation: