DepartmentTextiles-Asia
Netsuke
NameSculpture
Artist
Artist Not Recorded
Dateearly 19th C.
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
MediumIvory, sumi
Dimensions1 9/16 × 1 × 9/16 in. (3.9 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Bertha P. Dutton, A.2003.2.3
Object numberA.2003.2.3
DescriptionFront half of female head with a plump, smiling face. Her mouth is curved up, eyes squeeze nearly shut; and her nose isbroad. Two tiny eyebrows it far up far up on her forehead beneath smooth, black hair. Two holes in back for securing.
Artist Not Recorded
Artist Not Recorded
1986
