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Netsuke modelled as a cicada on a pine branch
Netsuke modelled as a cicada on a pine branch

Netsuke modelled as a cicada on a pine branch

Date1866
Object number33.531
Published ReferencesJoice, Gail, Michael Knight, and Pamela McClusky, Ivories in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1987, no. 10, p. 14
Credit LineDuncan MacTavish Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 7/16 in. (8.57 x 8.57 x 1.11 cm)
MediumBoar tooth and horn
Manju tupe, peg type
Japanese
Object number: 33.554
Netsuke modelled as a fantastic creature
Japanese
18-19th century
Object number: 33.416
Netsuke modelled as a cicada on a leaf
Japanese
mid 19th century
Object number: 33.449
Masquerade costume
Melanesian
Object number: 93.162
Totemic mask
Melanesian
ca. 19th - early 20th century
Object number: 70.122
Snuff bottle:  Bamboo and Rocks/Pine Tree and Plum Branch
Chinese
19th century
Object number: 33.1229
Fetish figure with magic bundle on body
Congolese
Object number: 68.53
Sword
Object number: 68.145