Ivory Figurine, "Okimono"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Aug 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: August Mencken
label: Donor Name
content: National Museum of American History
notes: label: Notes
content: Group figure of Hotei, Ebisu, and Okame. Both Hotei, the God of Contentment and Happiness, and Ebisu, the God of Daily Food (or Fish) belong to the Seven Gods of Felicity or "shichi fukujin". Hotei is seated with a gourd shaped wine bottle and a wine cup held high in his right hand. Standing figure of Ebisu holds a fish basket and a fan in his dancing posture. Okame is a dancer, one of the Shinto divinities, associated with the Japanese myth of the Sun Goddess. Her appearance is that of a young woman with puffed-out cheeks and two black spots on her forehead. She is known as the Goddess of Mirth and Folly. Signed by Gyokumin.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Apr 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 274913
label: USNM Number
content: E425021-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 3.8 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4 cm