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 Bodhidharma (Daruma) with his arm folded behind his head. The furrowed brow and down-turned mouth are to emphasize the vigor of concentration according to a standard iconographic type of Daruma. Daruma is the first patriarch of the Zen doctrine of Buddhism. Signed by Hyuichi, family name Takenouchi, also known as Shusai. 19th Century.
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: E425043-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Netsuke
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 3.2 cm
label: Length - Object
content: 2.6 cm