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1980.34.95

Netsuke toggle in the form of a monkey dressed in coat and trousers with a frog on a lotus leaf. The monkey is yelling with pain as a crab has hold of his left forefinger. Carved from ivory [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]

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1980.34.95

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Collection type
Object
Description
Netsuke toggle in the form of a monkey dressed in coat and trousers with a frog on a lotus leaf. The monkey is yelling with pain as a crab has hold of his left forefinger. Carved from ivory [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 30/3/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector G.H. Naunton
PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1919
Date collected
By 1919
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved
Dimensions
Diameter: max 40 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.95

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