Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7924
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007924
- Alternate number:
- 5-279 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Description:
- netsuke: group of three: a blind man with staff, a woman with hem of robe in mouth and an Oni carrying an umbrella. 3.6 cm.
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Production place:
- Tōkyō Metropolis, South Kanto, Kanto region
- Culture or time period:
- Meiji era (1868-1912)
- Maker or artist:
- Kōgyoku
- 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:
- 1868-1940
- 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 3.6 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
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