Ojime
92-1-34
From: Japan
Curatorial Section: Asian
Native Name | Ojime |
Object Number | 92-1-34 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bone (uncertain) | Ivory (uncertain) | String |
Description | Small dark wooden bead carved in the shape of an eggplant or flower bud. It would have been originally mounted on a netsuke string. Characteristic of 18th or 19th century ojime in its simplicity and elegance. |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1992 |
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