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netsuke

human history
  • Description

    netsuke

    ivory netsuke of a male goblinesque figure stirring a pot that is held steady with his feet

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1932.233
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    595 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)

    18032 (ethnology)

    M138 (miscellaneous)

  • Department
netsuke, 1932.233, 595, 18032, M138, Photographed by Denise… … Read more

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Artefact

  • Credit Line
    collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, Auckland, 1885 (595) on loan to Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1932.233, M138, 18032
  • Cultural Origin
  • Collection
  • Primary Maker

     unknown (Carver)

  • Place
  • Date
    Pre 1885
  • Period
  • Media
  • Measurement Description
    height 36mm
    width 26mm
  • Measurement Reading

    35mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H5 Arts of Asia gallery.)

    25mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H5 Arts of Asia gallery.)

    25mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H5 Arts of Asia gallery.)

  • Classification
  • Last Update
    05 Aug 2020
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