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1980.34.2478

Ivory netsuke toggle representing a woman beating a drum and holding an umbrella in her left hand, her mouth open. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/5/2005]

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1980.34.2478

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Collection type
Object
Description
Ivory netsuke toggle representing a woman beating a drum and holding an umbrella in her left hand, her mouth open. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 17/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector Yamanaka
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 Whale Tooth Animal, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Height: max 61 mm excluding stand
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.2478

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

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