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Date
1800 – 1890
Material
wood
Catalogue Number
103.08.0273
Description
Land turtle sitting atop clam-like shell. He is facing the hinged part of the mollusk and his rear left foot is caught at the toes, in the crack in the shell. He has an unhappy expression on face and there is a flat, circular platform on top of his head, may be a damaged chip. The mollusk hinge is …
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Title
Netsuke
Date
1800 – 1890
Material
wood
Dimensions
2.7 x 2.8 x 3.3 cm
Description
Land turtle sitting atop clam-like shell. He is facing the hinged part of the mollusk and his rear left foot is caught at the toes, in the crack in the shell. He has an unhappy expression on face and there is a flat, circular platform on top of his head, may be a damaged chip. The mollusk hinge is very crude and appears to have been broken away, there are two circles on either side of hinge where the wood is missing. Turtle is dark hardwood, shell is black lacquered wood.
Subject
households
miniatures
animal
turtle
Japanese
E. S. Morse
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
103.08.0273
Images
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Artist
Unknown
Date
1800 – 1900
Catalogue Number
UnK.16.02
Description
Reptile, 2 devil-like turtles with long swirly tails, red in ears and mouths.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Panel
Date
1800 – 1900
Dimensions
11.0 x 106.0 cm
Description
Reptile, 2 devil-like turtles with long swirly tails, red in ears and mouths.
Subject
animal, turtle
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.16.02
Images
Less detail
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and potentially offensive content. Read more.
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