Title: Case (Inrō) with Design of Blind Men Climbing all over Elephant Beside Banana Plants
Object type: Inrō
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo (1615–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)
Medium: Lacquer, roiro, nashiji, silver, gold and colored hiramakie, takamakie; Interior: nashiji and fundame
Dimensions: 3 3/16 x 2 5/16 x 13/16 in. (8.1 x 5.9 x 2.1 cm)
Classification: Inrō
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1913
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Elephants, term: Plants