Netsuke
- Museum number:
- 9-7563
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21090007563
- Alternate number:
- 3-187a (original number), 4-344 (original number), and 5-318 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.2384
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Netsuke: monkey and octopus. Monkey sits on head of octopus, holding one of his tentacles. Signed.
- Donor:
- Estate of Geraldine C. and Kernan Robson
- Collection place:
- Japan
- Culture or time period:
- Edo period (1603-1868)
- Maker or artist:
- Gyokusai
- Collector:
- Geraldine C. Robson
- Collection date:
- before 1940
- Materials:
- Ivory (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Production date:
- 1800-1858
- 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 3.4 centimeters
- Legacy documentation: