- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Netsuke toggle: walnut shaped, studded with shallow holes, carved of ivory. Cord tied through central perforations [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]
- Geographical reference
- 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 Animal Ivory Tooth, Material String, Process Carved, Process Perforated
- Dimensions
- Length: max 28 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1980.34.50
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