Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7704

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Alternate number:

5-65 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2384

Object count:

1

Description:

Netsuke: boy seated; sticking out his tongue and pointing finger toward his eye (this gesture is called Bekkako, the pulling down of the lower eyelid). Holds demon mask, in right hand, behind him. Made of wood inlaid with ivory-lined himetoshi. Signed by Shugetsu.

Donor:

Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson

Collection place:

Japan

Production place:

Ōsaka Prefecture, Kansai region and Tokyo Metropolis, South Kanto, Kanto region

Culture or time period:

Japanese

Maker or artist:

Shūgetsu

Collector:

Geraldine C. Robson

Collection date:

before 1940

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements

Production date:

1800-1868

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:

Cat. 9 - Asia (incl. Russia east of Urals)

Dimensions:

height 3.3 centimeters

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