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Netsuke

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1880-1914

GUSN

GUSN-72567

Description

Ivory; elephant with monkey and basket on back; thread thru tusk

Details

Descriptive Terms

netsukes
accessories
ivory (tooth component)
Netsuke
Netsuke

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3102

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