Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1980.34.409

Toggle of lacquered dog jaw bone, used as a charm. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/4/2005]

On display

1980.34.409

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Toggle of lacquered dog jaw bone, used as a charm. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/4/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Oscar Charles Raphael
PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 25/05/1922
Date collected
By 25 May 1922
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Dog Bone Animal, Material Dog Tooth Animal, Process Perforated, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Length: max 53 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.409 Other numbers: 192

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Animalia, Religion, Toggle, Amulet, Animal Part