Title: Dog Amulet (Inu Hariko)
Object type: Netsuke
Date: mid-19th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Edo period (1615–1868)–Meiji period (1868–1912)
Artist:  Shitayama 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Ivory inlaid with mother-of-pearl, metal and cloisonné
Dimensions: H. 1 in. (2.5 cm); W. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Classification: Netsuke
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Dogs