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1980.34.2462

Wooden netsuke toggle in the form of a seated man with a mobile head, playing a three stringed instrument with a plectrum. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/5/2005]

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1980.34.2462

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden netsuke toggle in the form of a seated man with a mobile head, playing a three stringed instrument with a plectrum. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector W. Williams
PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1937
Date collected
By 1937
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Jointed
Dimensions
Height: max 39 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.2462

Search terms: Music, Figure, Clothing, Ornament, Musical Instrument, Toggle, Lute, Plectrum

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