Netsuke; wood, abstract figure of man, with large belly, wearing green robe, and holding fan with red-striped handle in right hand; flat bottom; signature on back; Hotei figure; H 5.4 cm X W 3.0 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)
Person depicted:
Hotei (Japanese deity)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
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). Hotei = "A god with a pot belly; one of the Seven Deities of Fortune.