Netsuke of a Sarumawashi with his pet monkey

An image of Netsuke. A Sarumawashi (a monkey trainer) standing with his pet monkey on his back. The monkey is trying to grab the peach from the young boy standing next to the man, whose face is turned upwards to look at the monkey. Ivory, carved, 1830-1870. Japanese.

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Netsuke. A Sarumawashi (a monkey trainer) standing with his pet monkey on his back. The monkey is trying to grab the peach from the young boy standing next to the man, whose face is turned upwards to look at the monkey. Ivory, carved, 1830-1870. Japanese.

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Accession Number: O.150-2008
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: 1025 pixels
Image width: 731 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 443.11kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 05:15:34

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19th Century boys carved child children chimp Fitz_AA ivory Japanese male monkey trainer monkeys netsuke sarumawashi trainer

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