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Unknown, Japanese, Japanese

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19th century

Lacquer, bronze, bead, and string

Overall: 7 × 1 3/8 × 1/2 in. (17.8 × 3.5 × 1.3 cm)

Overall: 9 15/16 × 1 5/16 × 1/2 in. (25.2 × 3.3 × 1.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Robert W. Christy

995.68.30327

Geography

Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia

Period

19th century

Object Name

Personal Gear

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Provenance

Robert Wentworth Christy (1922-2020), Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; given to present collection, 1995..

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