- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- A wood netsuke toggle figure with three claws in one hand and two claws in the feet. [LB 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 11/5/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Field collector Henri L Joly
- PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
- PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1935
- Date collected
- By 1935
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Height: max 52 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1980.34.2362
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