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 a "kara-shishi" (Chinese lion) or "koma inu" (Korean dog) with an open mouth and a paw resting on a ball. The open mouth is said to express the first Sanskrit vowel "aum," and the ball is believed to be an emblem of the "Jewel of Omnipotence." Unsigned.
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: E425039-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Netsuke
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 4.2 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 4.7 cm