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
1920-1972
Artist Not Recorded
1986
