Bead
- Museum number:
- 9-12513
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090012513
- Alternate number:
- 34..? (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3915b (previous number (Design Dept.))
- Accession number:
- Acc.3032
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Ojime: Carved ivory in the shape of Daruma (Bodhidharma) w/out arms or legs. Cord hole through the middle. Two small holes at side that intersect lower part of cord hole. The ivory is yellow and quite worn. Features in the face are stained dark. H. 1.7 cm.
- Donor:
- Design Department (UC Berkeley)
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Albert M. Bender
- Collection date:
- before 1933
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Person depicted:
- Bodhidharma
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- 1974
- Context of use:
- Used as sliding bead to tighten the cords between the netsuke and inro.
- Department:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- height 1.7 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: