Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7586

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Alternate number:

4-20 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Object count:

1

Description:

Netsuke: man carrying water jug, seated on toad. Base of the netsuke is a seal. [handwritten editing on card replaces "netsuke" with "seal" and crossed out "of the netsuke".

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:

Bamboo (material)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements and 7.1 Writing and Records (including religious texts)

Accession date:

1968

Context of use:

[text crossed out on card] 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 4.6 centimeters

Legacy documentation: