Bead
- Museum number:
- 9-12516
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090012516
- Alternate number:
- 3915 (previous number (Design Dept.))
- Accession number:
- Acc.3032
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Ojime: Oblong, dark brown metal bead, possibly made of a copper alloy, w/ brass overlay decoration of a man kneeling. Design is detailed and well crafted. L 2cm.
- Donor:
- Design Department (UC Berkeley)
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Albert M. Bender
- Collection date:
- before 1933
- Materials:
- Brass (alloy), Copper (metal), and Metal
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- 1974
- Context of use:
- Sliding bead used to tighten the cords between the netsuke and inro.
- Department:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- length 2 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: