Netsuke

Museum number:
9-12504
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3437 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number)) and 3906 (previous number (Design Dept.))
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Object count:
1
Description:
Netsuke: Carved bone. Four legged animal with long curling tail, standing on thick oval platform. Fiece eyes look upwards; fangs in mouth. Fur is represented by small incised lines, and dark stain. Side of base has bi-pointed leaf-like zig-zag design. Two character signature on bottom, possible reading: “Donraku” (unknown). Cord hole through bottom of platform
Donor:
Design (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan
Culture or time period:
Japanese
Collector:
Albert M. Bender
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 9-12504, described as Netsuke: Carved bone. Four legged animal with long curling tail, standing on thick oval platform. Fiece eyes look upwards; fangs in mouth. Fur is represented by small incised lines, and dark stain. Side of base has bi-pointed leaf-like zig-zag design. Two character signature on bottom, possible reading: “Donraku” (unknown). Cord hole through bottom of platformDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12504, described as Netsuke: Carved bone. Four legged animal with long curling tail, standing on thick oval platform. Fiece eyes look upwards; fangs in mouth. Fur is represented by small incised lines, and dark stain. Side of base has bi-pointed leaf-like zig-zag design. Two character signature on bottom, possible reading: “Donraku” (unknown). Cord hole through bottom of platformDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Netsuke, accession number 9-12504, described as Netsuke: Carved bone. Four legged animal with long curling tail, standing on thick oval platform. Fiece eyes look upwards; fangs in mouth. Fur is represented by small incised lines, and dark stain. Side of base has bi-pointed leaf-like zig-zag design. Two character signature on bottom, possible reading: “Donraku” (unknown). Cord hole through bottom of platform

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