Netsuke of an eagle crouching and pecking the head of a monkey

An image of Netsuke. A large eagle crouching and pecking the head of a monkey, its face is showing the fear. Ivory, carved, the eyes are double inlaid with glass, 1870-1930. Production Place: Japan.

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Netsuke. A large eagle crouching and pecking the head of a monkey, its face is showing the fear. Ivory, carved, the eyes are double inlaid with glass, 1870-1930. Production Place: Japan.

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Accession Number: O.141-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 952 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4.3 (Windows)
Filesize: 131.12kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:10 01:09:03

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19th Century 20th Century animal birds carved chimp crouching eagles Fitz_AA inlaid ivory Japanese monkeys netsuke pecking

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