Ivory Carving "Netsuke"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1 Sep 1989
label: Collection Date
content: 1950
name: label: Collector
content: Vorda Honnold
label: Donor Name
content: Vorda Honnold
notes: label: Notes
content: TOGGLE USED FOR CARRYING SUSPENDED ARTICLE, I.E. TO PREVENT A CORD CARRYING AN OBJECT SLIPPING THROUGH THE OBI (SASH; BELT), PART OF THE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MALE COSTUME. THE PIECE REPRESENTS A COMIC FIGURE OF A DRUNKEN MAN UNDER UMBRELLA, SHOWING ONE EYE IN THE CENTER, A BROAD NOSE, AND A RETRACTABLE TONGUE. HE HOLDS IN HIS RIGHT HAND A CHARGE ACCOUNT BOOK IDENTIFIED WITH AN IDEOGRAPH, TSU[CHO] (ACCOUNT BOOK), AND IN HIS LEFT HAND A LARGE WINE BOTTLE IDENTIFIED WITH AN IDEOGRAPH, SHU OR SAKE.
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: 364394
label: USNM Number
content: E425671-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Netsuke
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3 cm