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Japanese netsuke, a wolf eating a skull, by Tomoaki

Image attached to MAR.O.126-1912

An image of Netsuke. Tomoaki, Japan. A wolf eating a skull. The inside of the wolf's mouth is stained red. Ivory, carved and stained, height 3 cm, width 3.5 cm. Japanese.

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Netsuke. Tomoaki, Japan. A wolf eating a skull. The inside of the wolf's mouth is stained red. Ivory, carved and stained, height 3 cm, width 3.5 cm. Japanese.

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  • Accession Number: MAR.O.126-1912
  • 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: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 995 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 730.77kB
  • Exposure time: 1/30
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 32/1
  • Captured: 2000:01:01 00:38:37

Key words

animal animals carved eating Fitz_AA ivory Japanese netsuke seated sitting skull skulls stained Tomoaki wolf wolves

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rgb(92,69,48), rgb(234,236,241), rgb(191,171,138), rgb(185,147,90), rgb(218,207,191), rgb(171,156,106), rgb(114,118,120), rgb(129,115,118), rgb(193,191,189), rgb(186,180,180), rgb(172,173,180)

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