Toggle of wood, in form of mask. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Toggle of wood, in form of mask. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 12/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector J Thacher-Clarke; Field collector Thatcher-Clarke; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 26/02/1923
Date collected: By 26 February 1923
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Length: max 47 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.548 Other numbers: 215
Research and responses: Okame, also called Uzume, is the Goddess of Mirth. See Joly, Henri L., Legend in Japanese Art, 1908 (London: John Lane The Bodley Head). p.384. [El.B 26/01/2012]

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