- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Netsuke toggle of a Dancer: an old man. He has an umbrella in the left hand and is holding it behind his arm. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 8/4/2005]
- Geographical reference
- Cultural groups
- Japanese
- Person
- Maker Shuzan
- Field collector Poulter
- PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
- PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
- Date / Period
- Date made: 1700-1800?, uncertain
- Date collected
- By 1922
- Acquisition information
- Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
- Materials and processes
- Material Wood Plant, Material Lacquer Varnish Plant, Material Pigment, Material Gold Metal, Process Carved, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Perforated, Process Inscribed
- Dimensions
- Length: max 51 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1980.34.382 Other numbers: 617
Search terms: Ornament, Clothing, Figure, Dance, Writing, Toggle, Inscription
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