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Maker(s):Getsu-zan
Culture:Japanese (19th century)
Title:Netsuke (Chesnuts)
Date Made:19th century
Type:Netsuke/Inro/Ojima
Materials:wood and ivory
Measurements:Overall: 7/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in; 2.2 cm x 4.9 cm x 4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1959.22
Credit Line:Gift of Susan D. Bliss
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Netsuke in the from of a group of chestnuts. In one of the nuts a worm (carved from ivory) is emerging from a a hole. In another a worm can be seen through a hole in the surface.

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