Netsuke: [crossed out on card, "seal" handwritten on card]: man with cap and beard, seated on bench. Carries fan. Base of netsuke ["of netsuke" crossed out on card] is a seal.
Donor:
Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
Collection place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Geraldine C. Robson
Collection date:
before 1940
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)
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. [crossed out on card]