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1980.34.2592

Ivory and lacquer netsuke toggle representing 2 ladybirds sitting on a group of nuts on a ?Ginkgo leaf. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/5/2005]

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1980.34.2592

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ivory and lacquer netsuke toggle representing 2 ladybirds sitting on a group of nuts on a ?Ginkgo leaf. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Barron
PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Material Varnish, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Length: max 42 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.2592

Search terms: Clothing, Ornament, Figure, Toggle, Insect Figure