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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Japanese (19th century)
Title:Netsuke
Date Made:19th century
Type:Netsuke/Inro/Ojima
Materials:wood
Measurements:Overall: 1 7/16 in x 1 1/2 in x 15/16 in; 3.7 cm x 3.8 cm x 2.4 cm
Accession Number:  AC 1959.23
Credit Line:Gift of Susan D. Bliss
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
Netsuke in the form of Daruma, a Hindu sage said to have introduced zen Budddhism into China and Japan. He is shown garbed in a cowled monks' robe and seated in a attitude of meditation

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