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Netsuke in the form of a boy rolling a yuki daruma, or snowman
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Details
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- Date
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mid-19th century
Meiji Period (1868 - 1912)
- Artist/maker
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Masahiro (active mid-19th century) (carver)
- Material and technique
- ivory, with carved decoration
- Dimensions
- 2.8 x 4.4 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth)
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organic › animal › tooth › mammal tooth › ivory
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.1738
Glossary
netsuke
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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.
Past Exhibition
see (1)-
Threads of Silk and Gold: Ornamental Textiles from Meiji Japan
(from 9th Nov 2012 until 27th Jan 2013)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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