Netsuke

Museum number:

9-18783

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Accession number:

Acc.4571

Object count:

1

Description:

Netsuke; figure of man, standing, with long robe, flaring at feet; right hand holding robe, left hand concealed; H 6.0 cm X W 2.3 cm

Donor:

Dorothy Campbell Tompkins

Collection place:

Japan

Verbatim coll. place:

Japan

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Collector:

Dorothy Campbell Tompkins and John Barr Tompkins

Collection date:

unknown

Materials:

Walrus ivory (handcarved ivory (walrus?))

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Context of use:

A toggle or device attached to the end of a cord or rope to keep it from slipping; cord thrust under the sash of a kimono to support purse pouch, box, or basket (in absence of pockets).

Department:

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

Dimensions:

width 2.3 centimeters and height 6 centimeters

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