Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7481
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007481
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Netsuke: figure, probably an octopus, wearing robe. Obsidian eyes. tentacles carved with holes.
- 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:
- Antler (material) and Obsidian
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- 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.
- Department:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- height 5.1 centimeters
- Comment:
- donor base/stand marked with catalog number LW 2015-10-29
- Legacy documentation: