Wooden tobacco box carved as a figure [.1] with a lid [.2] in the form of a face with a wide open mouth. [ZM 09/02/2015]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden tobacco box carved as a figure [.1] with a lid [.2] in the form of a face with a wide open mouth. [ZM 09/02/2015]
Long description: Wooden tobacco box carved as a figure [.1] with a lid [.2] in the form of a face with a wide open mouth. Attached by cord is netsuke 1980.34.19, a wooden carving of a man with his arms clasped together above his head. [ZM 30/7/2004]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther; PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1903
Date collected: 1903?
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Bead, Material Glass, Process Perforated
Dimensions: Width: max 70 mm, Length: max 90 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1980.34.1026.1 Accession number: 1980.34.1026.2

Search