Netsuke

Museum number:

9-7563

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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

Loans:

S1970-1971 #109: Department of Art History (UC Berkeley) (April 6, 1971–April 7, 1971) and S1970-1971 #60: Decorative Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (December 7, 1970–December 11, 1970)

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