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LicenseIvory netsuke, in the form of a mother breast feeding a child
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Ivory netsuke, in the form of a mother breast feeding a child
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Ivory netsuke, in the form of a mother breast feeding a child, unsigned, Japanese, 18th or 19th century
Netsuke are toggle-like ornaments. They hang objects such as medicine boxes or tobacco pouches from the sash of the kimono, the traditional form of Japanese dress. This example is carved from ivory and shows a mother breastfeeding a child.
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641100
- Materials:
- ivory
- Measurements:
-
overall weight: x x , , .01kg
- type:
- netsuke
- credit:
- Glendining
