IDENTIFIERS
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id:	22110
accession number:	MAR.O.37A-1912

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 11 January 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Netsuke, katabori, mouse. Ivory, carved and stained. Figure of a mouse seated on its tail which is wrapped around its body; its two back paws grip the tail at the front. Its upper paws hold onto the inro cord which passes between its legs and by its left shoulder. The body is finely incised to resemble fur and its paws, ears and facial features are finely carved. It has painted black whiskers. It has two inlaid shiny black eyes (horn?). Natural himotoshi formed by the formation of the legs and paws.
title:	netsuke

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	C. B. Marlay
creditline: C.B. Marlay Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/22110


SUBJECTS
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mouse
mouse



TECHNIQUES
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ivory, carved and stained
carving
TECHNIQUES
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staining

CATEGORIES
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category: netsuke

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1868
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1868
culture:	Edo Period (1615-1868)#
culture:	19th Century

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 2.2

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 1.7