Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7782

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Accession number:

Acc.2384

Object count:

1

Description:

Netsuke: two people with ivory faces. They are partly covered by a huge dragon mask and costume.

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:

Ivory (material) and Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Dragons and Masks (costume)

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:

Asia (except western Russia)

Dimensions:

height 3.5 centimeters

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