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Jizu
Jizu
Jizu
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentAsia

Jizu

NameStone sculpture
Artist Artist Not Recorded
Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia
MediumStone
Dimensions6 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/16 in. (16 × 6 × 5.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Dr. Hugo Musterberg, A.1957.4.1
Object numberA.1957.4.1
ProvenanceCollected by donor on Sado Island.
DescriptionSmall stone sculpture, Japanese called jizu. Collected by donor on Sado Island.
Carved story
Purchased 1976
Attush robe
Unrecorded Ainu artist
20th century
Cluny bobbin lace dress collar
Artist Not Recorded
1890-1920
Temple model
Artist Not Recorded
1850
Stone Head
Artist Not Recorded
Cuff bracelet
Late 19th-early 20th