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Ivory netsuke, in the form of a skull with a snake threaded through it, Japanese, 1701-1900
Details
- Category:
- Asian Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A641251
- Measurements:
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overall: 30 mm x 36 mm x 26 mm, .028 kg
- type:
- netsuke, costume (personal accessories), ethnography (japanese), costume (personal accessories), ethnography (japanese), netsuke, skull and snakes
- taxonomy:
-
- visual and verbal communication
- sculpture
- credit:
- Glendining
