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1980.34.2546

Wooden netsuke toggle in the shape of a dancer holding out his kimono and wearing a repulsive mask. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/5/2005]

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1980.34.2546

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Collection type
Object
Description
Wooden netsuke toggle in the shape of a dancer holding out his kimono and wearing a repulsive mask. [N.B. 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 18/5/2005]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector C.P. Peak
PRM source Hermann Arthur Gunther
PRM source Albert Everard Gunther
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1939
Date collected
By 1939
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1944 Donated: 1980
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Perforated, Process Incised, Process Inscribed
Dimensions
Height: max 41 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1980.34.2546
Research and responses

Shojo is a Noh mask of a spirit that lives in the sea and loves drinking. See http://www.the-noh.com/sub/jp/index.php?mode=db&action=e_view_detail&data_id=41&class_id=1. [El.B 25/01/2012]

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

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