Skip to content
Pitt Rivers Museum
AboutHire the MuseumNewsletterUniversity of Oxford

1980.34.1942

Ivory netsuke of a dancer, perhaps mimicking a crane. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/4/2005]

On display

1980.34.1942

Digital asset copyright: Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Terms and Conditions

If you wish to order a high-resolution image and/or licence its use for print or web publication, exhibition, film, promotional product or any other use, whether in the academic or commercial sector of any print run, then please visit photographic services.

Collection type
Object
Description
Ivory netsuke of a dancer, perhaps mimicking a crane. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 28/4/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 09/06/1927
Date collected
By 9 June 1927
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Elephant Tooth Ivory Animal, Process Carved, Process Perforated
Dimensions
Height: max 53 mm excluding stand
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.1942 Other numbers: Tomkinson collection no. 522 Other numbers: sale catalogue no. 159

Search terms: Music, Figure, Clothing, Ornament, Dance, Musical Instrument, Toggle

Further items to explore