Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7568

Permalink:

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Alternate number:

4-79 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Object count:

1

Description:

Netsuke: man seated, holding book. Woman at his right, her arm around him. Signed.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Production place:

Tokyo Metropolis, South Kanto, Kanto region

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Maker or artist:

Gyokuko

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Ivory (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Netsukes

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

1868-1940

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 centimeters

Legacy documentation: