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Museum number:

9-12511

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Alternate number:

3914 (previous number (Design Dept.))

Accession number:

Acc.3032

Object count:

15

Description:

Ojime (pl.), string of 15 carved ivory pieces in shapes of various animals of the zodiac. Includes one boar with fine lines for fur, light brown color; 2 cocks, identical; 2 cows, almost identical, brown incised for fur; 1 goat, grey-brown; 1 pair of rabbits, smooth yellow; 2 horses identical, smooth yellow; 1 dragon, coiled angular surfaces; 1 dog, smooth yellow; 1 monkey, dark brown, many tiny incised lines for fur; 2 tigers, identical in shape, but one is dark brown, other white, each has black painted eyes, cord hole through backs. L. each 2 cm.

Donor:

Design Department (UC Berkeley)

Collection place:

Japan

Verbatim coll. place:

Japan

Collector:

Albert M. Bender

Collection date:

before 1933

Materials:

Hemp (fiber) and Ivory (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Accession date:

1974

Department:

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

Dimensions:

each— length 2 centimeters

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