Wooden cone with a figure carved inside. There is a circular hole in the cone to see inside. A paper wrapper [1985.53.259 .1] holds the wooden figure. [MJD 05/03/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden cone with a figure carved inside. There is a circular hole in the cone to see inside. A paper wrapper [1985.53.259 .1] holds the wooden figure. [MJD 05/03/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan; Honshū Kantō Tochigi Nikko
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985
Date collected: by 1985
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Process Carved
Dimensions: Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 15 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.259.2
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Ushi tora Kokuzo Nikko-san goshu honzon”, Amulet for a person born in the year of cow or tiger to be protected by Kokuzo bosatsu, from Nikko [FB 08/01/2014]

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