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Pitt Rivers Museum

1980.34.2373

An ivory netsuke toggle in the shape of a Puppeteer and his marionette. [LB 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/5/2005]

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1980.34.2373

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Collection type
Object
Description
An ivory netsuke toggle in the shape of a Puppeteer and his marionette. [LB 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Cultural groups
Japanese
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1935
Date collected
By 1935
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Perforated, Process Carved
Dimensions
Height: max 37 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.2373

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Figure, Toggle