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: Figure of a seated man pulling a large "daruma" doll with a rope. The daruma doll is used as a luck-bringer by the Japanese. It is symbolic of an undaunted spirit against failures. At the daruma markets held in various districts in the New Year season, it is believed that stealing of daruma statues, without being caught, will assure a man's good fortune. Signed "Gyokubun", a 19th century ivory carver.
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: E425016-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figure
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 5.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 4.5 cm