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figure

human history
  • Other Name

    Daikoki (Japanese)

  • Description

    figure

    Cast from bronze. The figure depicts Hotei the god of fortune and guardian of children. The figure is a male with a bald head, scruffy facial hair, extended ear lobes, loose robe, and a large exposed belly. The figure's open smiling mouth is hollow. Over his right shoulder is a sack. The underside exposes the hollow interior. The figures left had is closed in a grip and there is a small hole for placing through an object.

  • Place
    Japan
  • Accession Number
    1934.316
  • Accession Date
    1934
  • Other Id

    20749 (ethnology)

    M1599 (miscellaneous)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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Images

  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • figure, 1934.316, M1599, 20749, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 23 Jan 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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