Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7481

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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

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