Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7621

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

3-56 (original number), 4-170 (original number), and 5-140 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Description:

Red sandalwood netsuke: two men seated. One wears hat, has right hand on knee; the other has left hand on his knee, and holds a hat.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Edo period (1603-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912)

Maker or artist:

Masamitsu

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Ivory (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Netsukes

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

1837-1909

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 2.6 centimeters

Legacy documentation: