Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-18800
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090018800
- Accession number:
- Acc.4571
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Netsuke; oval shaped, hollow, open work figure of crane (?), gilt on crane; floral design with leaves and scrolls; L 3.8 cm X W 3.2 cm X H 1.6 cm
- Donor:
- Dorothy Campbell Tompkins
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Japanese
- Collector:
- Dorothy Campbell Tompkins and John Barr Tompkins
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Materials:
- Walrus ivory (handcarved (walrus ?) ivory)
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Context of use:
- A toggle or device attached to the end of a cord or rope to keep it from slipping; cord thrust under the sash of a kimono to support purse pouch, box, or basket (in absence of pockets).
- Department:
- Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)
- Dimensions:
- width 3.2 centimeters, height 1.6 centimeters, and length 3.8 centimeters
- Images:
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