Netsuke

Museum number:
9-18880
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018880
Accession number:
Acc.4571
Description:
Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 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:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Drums (membranophones) and Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
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 purse, pouch, or lacquer box
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 4.8 centimeters and width 2.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18880, described as Netsuke; reclining woman, facing to her left; wings fastened to her back; hourglass shaped drum in foreground; drumstick in each hand; L 4.8 cm X W 2.5 cm

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