Netsuke

Museum number:
9-7472
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2384
Description:
Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 9.8 centimeters
Comment:
donor base/stand marked with catalog number LW 2015-10-29
Loans:
S1968-1969 #4: University of California, Berkeley (July 2, 1968–May 3, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-7472, described as Ivory carving man standing, holding leash in left hand tied to bird on ground. Right hand holds basket lid. Smaller figure sits on ground. 9.8 cm.

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