Ojime. Metal (bronze?), cast in the shape of a shell. It has six small filled 'pin holes'. There is a hole at either end for the cord to pass through.
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Diameter: 1.4 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Edo Period (1615-1868)#
Circa
1800
-
1868
bronze? Metal
Casting (process) : Metal, bronze?, cast in the shape of a shell
Accession number: MAR.O.44B-1912
Primary reference Number: 22121
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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