DepartmentAsia

Tengu Toy Figures

NameDoll

CultureJapanese

Datec. 1960

Place madeJAPAN, East Asia, ASIA

MediumCeramic, fiber

Dimensions5 7/8 × 2 9/16 × 4 3/16 in. (15 × 6.5 × 10.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1981.3.895V

Object numberA.1981.3.895V

Collections

Asia

Description4 pieces. Mold made, pinched, carved, cut, glued, three clay heads; red, blue, green faces with gold eyes, two with red hair, one with white, blue, black, brown. Cloth gowns. Figures on stick stuck into bundled bamboo inside green bamboo cylinder.