DepartmentAsia

Tengu Toys

NameToy figures

CultureJapanese

Datec. 1960

Place madeNIIGATA PREFECTURE?, CHUBU DISTRICT, JAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumPaper, ceramic, paint

Dimensions2 3/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (7 × 4.5 × 5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.4.445X

Object numberA.1981.4.445X

DescriptionWrapped, glued, painted. Clay base wrapped in black paper cone painted with glossy paint. Red stick for nose. Triangular red face with black markings, large white eyeballs. Pointed head. // "Japanese Toys" Sonobe, Sakamoto, Pomeroy. Plate 144, page 466.