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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