Bead

Museum number:
9-12493
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012493
Alternate number:
3877dd (original number)
Description:
Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 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 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bead, accession number 9-12493, described as Japan. Ojime: very small bead, metal, in shape of cat with head turned to its left, and right paw raised. Metal is sort of yellow color, depressions are dark. Has seam, and appears to have been made by joining two mold made halves. Height 1.5 centimeters.

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