Bead

Museum number:

9-12513

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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

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