DepartmentAsia

Netsuke in the form of an Oni (Demon)

NameNetsuke (Toggle Bead)

CultureJapanese

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumIvory

Dimensions13/16 × 1 × 1 7/16 in. (2 × 2.5 × 3.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Gaw Meem, A.1964.61.2

Object numberA.1964.61.2

Collections

DescriptionCarved. Crouching man with hand over his left eye, on his back is a rat? with a branch in its mouth.

Artist not recorded

early 19th C., staff

Policarpio Valencia

ca. 1927

mid 19th century to early 20th century

Darío Soteno Léon

1997

Policarpio Valencia

before 1931

Pedro Antonio Fresquis

Juan Amadeo Sanchez

1930's

Policarpio Valencia

1925

José Benítez Sánchez

1998

Artist not recorded

early 19th C.

Luis Tapia

1991