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: Seated figure of Chinnan with a monk and a dog. Chinnan, one of the Chinese genii (immortals) who is said to have lived for 1,350 years on dog flesh, was endowed with magical power. Signed "Mochu"? (in seal characters, illegible).
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: E425029-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Netsuke
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4.8 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 3.8 cm