Ivory netsuke; dragon boat with 2 men; one drinking saki, one playing a musical instrument Shoki, the demon-queller, and attendant demon riding in dragon boat.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Edo period (1603-1868)
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1909
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dragons and Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Production date:
18th-19th century
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
length 6.35 centimeters
Loans:
S1975-1976 #83: Chancellor's House (May 19, 1976–July 10, 1990)