DepartmentAsia

Netsuke in the form of an Oni (Demon)

NameNetsuke (Toggle Bead)

CultureJapanese

Place madeJapan, East Asia, Asia

MediumIvory

Dimensions13/16 × 1 × 1 7/16 in. (2 × 2.5 × 3.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Gaw Meem, A.1964.61.2

Object numberA.1964.61.2

Collections

DescriptionCarved. Crouching man with hand over his left eye, on his back is a rat? with a branch in its mouth.

Artist Not Recorded

early 19th C., staff

mid 19th century to early 20th century

Darío Soteno Léon

1997

Juan Amadeo Sanchez

1930's

Pedro Antonio Fresquis

Luis Tapia

1991

Artist Not Recorded

early 19th C.

Taiso Yoshitoshi

1888

Early to mid-20th century

c. 1985

Edward Larson

1978