Wooden netsuke of crouching figure, with bone, metal and ivory details. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/4/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden netsuke of crouching figure, with bone, metal and ivory details. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/4/2005]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector James Bellhouse Gaskell; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 15/07/1926
Date collected: By 15 July 1926
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bone, Material Metal, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Pigment, Material Bead, Process Carved, Process Stained
Dimensions: Height: max 42 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.1856 Other numbers: Gaskell collection no. 842 Other numbers: ex Behrens collection no. 3796
Research and responses: Tanuki is a racoon-dog, a shape-shifting creature from Japanese folklore. Bakemono is a general term for a monster or otherwise altered creature, not for a specific creature. See http://www.obakemono.com/introduction.php. [El.B 07/02/2012]

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