Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12455
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012455
Alternate number:
3530 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
Tiny carving of fat man with fan leaning against his bundle which is bigger than he. Bottom is flat but carved in detail continuous with other surfaces. 2 holes on bottom make loop for cord to go through. Calligraphy on bottom.
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan; ; Attr
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Netsukes
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12455, described as Tiny carving of fat man with fan leaning against his bundle which is bigger than he. Bottom is flat but carved in detail continuous with other surfaces. 2 holes on bottom make loop for cord to go through. Calligraphy on bottom.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12455, described as Tiny carving of fat man with fan leaning against his bundle which is bigger than he. Bottom is flat but carved in detail continuous with other surfaces. 2 holes on bottom make loop for cord to go through. Calligraphy on bottom.

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