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

Details

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