Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7471

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Accession number:

Acc.2384

Object count:

1

Description:

carving: man and woman carrying palanquin with man inside, fish and fan on top. Doors of palanquin slide open and shut.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Gold (metal) and Ivory (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

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:

Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)

Dimensions:

height 3.2 centimeters

Comment:

donor base/stand marked with catalog number LW 2015-10-29

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