Ivory Netsuke
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: Figure of two mask-makers, working on a "ten'gu" mask. Ten'gu (lit. heavenly dog) is a forest sprite with either a bird-like or human-like face and an enormous nose. Inscribed on the figure is a "waka", or 31 syllable poem.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 274913
label: USNM Number
content: E425040-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Netsuke
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 3.4 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 3.8 cm