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

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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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rgb(61,43,26), rgb(116,89,62), rgb(216,215,217), rgb(141,118,89), rgb(149,137,119), rgb(179,166,142), rgb(166,145,118), rgb(183,176,167), rgb(100,100,85), rgb(100,92,92), rgb(179,188,173)

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