Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7746

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Alternate number:

1-78 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Object count:

1

Description:

Netsuke: thunderbolt bearer (kongorikishi or vajrapani); huge man standing nude to waist; 3 tiny men at his feet.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Production place:

Ise province, Honshu, Japan

Culture or time period:

Meiji era (1868-1912)

Maker or artist:

Harumitsu

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Ivory (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

1868-1900

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 5.2 centimeters

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