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Catalog Number CAS 2008-0004-0036   CAS 2008-0004-0036; Figurine (woman)
Category Folk Toys
Object Name Figurine (woman)
Culture Japanese
Global Region East Asia
Country Japan
State/Prov./Dist. Kyoto Prefecture
County
Other Geographic Data City: Kyoto
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1930s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Wood; Paint; Paper; Commercial cloth
Description Figurine of a slender woman whose body and arms are wood and her head is probably lacquered wood; Lower body is unpainted, while upper body is dressed in gold-colored fabric, with orange sleeve cuffs and gray neckline; Woman holds paper fan in her right hand and stands beneath a highly stylized cherry tree, made from wooden stem painted gray with several pink paper flowers attached; Woman stands behind a paper screen, all mounted on a low black wooden platform on four orange pedestal foot; Probably artist’s signature is painted in black ink on underside of base.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 11.1, Width = 4.7, Depth = 3.0