Netsuke

Museum number:
9-4811
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
1528 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Maker or artist:
Shōichi
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Inscription:
signed "Shoichi" Fide Prof. Cahill, 1967.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
depth 4.5 centimeters, width 5 centimeters, and height 3.5 centimeters
Comment:
signed 正 (Shōichi) Fide Prof. Cahill, 1967.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #11: Oakland Public Museum (September 5, 1963–October 15, 1963) and S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 12 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 13 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 14 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 15 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 16 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 17 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 18 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 19 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 20 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 21 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 22 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 23 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 24 of 24 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-4811, described as Netsuke: ivory, clam or cockle-shell (double) with man on top on all fours. Fisherman climbing on giant clam. Height: 3.5 cm; width/breadth: 5 cm; depth: 4.5 cm.

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