3-214 (original number), 4-376 (original number), and 5-354 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2384
Object count:
1
Description:
Netsuke: man seated. His head, hands and fan he holds are in ivory. Head is moveable.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
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 3.3 centimeters
Comment:
Netsuke of a man, in dark wood, seated. The head, hands, and fan he is holding are all in ivory. The head is movable. A Hanashika (professional story teller). They tell their yarns inimitably, permitting themselves very few gestures, limited to an occasional flick of the fan.