Tobacco pouch with ojime and netsuke

Made:: 1875-1900 in Japan

Leather tobacco pouch with drawstring fastening

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Leather tobacco pouch with drawstring fastening, secured with amber ojime and attached to malachite netsuke, Japanese, 1875-1900

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Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A51762

Materials:: complete, leather, silk, amber, malachite and tobacco

Measurements:: netsuke: 40 mm x 40 mm
including thong: 480 mm
pouch: 115 mm x 100 mm

type:: tobacco pouch, ojime and netsuke

credit:: Glendining

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Tobacco pouch with ojime and netsuke

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