Sashi netsuke: octopus ghost

Permanent Link:

http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI11091010/00001

Material Information

Title:

Sashi netsuke: octopus ghost

Publication Date:

1801/1900

Physical Description:

sculpture -- antler (stag) -- height: 5 -- width: 1 1/4 -- depth: 1 1/4

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:

Netsukes
Small sculpture -- Japan
Wearable art -- Japan

Notes

General Note:

Sashi netsuke is an elongated form of katabori, literally "stab" netsuke, similar in length to the sticks and gourds used as improvised netsuke before carved pieces were produced. They are about six inches long.

General Note:

medium: antler (stag) -- height: 5 -- width: 1 1/4 -- depth: 1 1/4

Record Information

Source Institution:

Florida International University

Holding Location:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Rights Management:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Resource Identifier:

FI11091010
MET 83.1.02 ( accession number )

dpSobek Membership

Aggregations:

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum
Netsuke