Netsuke

Museum number:
9-18862
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090018862
Alternate number:
57 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4571
Object count:
1
Description:
Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
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). cf 9-18835
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
height 3.9 centimeters and width 4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cmHearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-18862, described as Netsuke; man (priest ?) resting against flank and rump of recumbent bullock; both resting on rectangular pedestal with chamfered corners; H 3.9 cm X W 4.0 cm

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