Tiny image of Daikoku inside a cylinder with a window through which the image can be seen, made of ivory. [El.B 21/11/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Tiny image of Daikoku inside a cylinder with a window through which the image can be seen, made of ivory. [El.B 21/11/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: by 1907
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Carved, Process Incised
Dimensions: Diameter: max 8 mm, Length: max 100 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.716
Associated publications: Illustrated in colour in the pamphlet accompanying the Reading Room displays at the Welcome Collection with the caption “Daikoku shrine Ivory Japan RRa0244/1985.53.716 Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Daikoku is one of the seven gods of good fortune.” [FB 15/8/2016]

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