- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Ivory netsuke of Daruma in meditation with rat crawling over his head. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 4/5/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Unknown Collector
- PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
- PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 22/05/1931
- Date collected
- By 22 May 1931
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 38 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1980.34.2137
- Research and responses
Images of this object were taken by Donald Campbell on 24 June 2016 for the purposes of creating a 3D digital scan. [HR 27/6/2016]
Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Figure, Religion, Toggle, Animal Figure
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