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Netsuke in the form of a tengu mountain demon emerging from an egg
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
- late 18th century
- Material and technique
- ivory, with carved decoration, and stained with pigment
- Dimensions
- 3.6 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth)
- Material index
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.3216
Glossary (2)
netsuke, tengu
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netsuke
The netsuke is a form of toggle that was used to secure personal items suspended on cords from the kimono sash. These items included purses, medicine cases or tobacco paraphernalia.
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tengu
Tengu are powerful mountain goblins. Two types appear in Japanese art, one with a long nose, and the other with a beak and claws. One identifying feature of both is a feathered fan.
Location
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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Second floor | Room 37 | Japan
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