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two-part round manju attached to purple cord; bottom section carved with squatting boy reading a book; top section carved with unrolled scroll on a stand(?)

Boy reading, early 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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smiling face with open mouth peering from under a hood and inside a sack; figure holds a spoon in proper right hand under folds of cloth; removable button on bottom reveals female genitalia

Netsuke [Okame disguised as Daruma], 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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shallow carving of young woman holding a flowering branch over her proper left shoulder and wearing a curved flat-topped hat

Wisteria Maiden, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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ivory amulet carved into shape of oval head, with a three-pronged headdress; eyes are large ovals and appear to be closed; a thin, uninterrupted line between the forehead and eyes reads as a brow; three vertical lines decorate the center of the forehead; nose is indicated by a small protrusion and two holes for nostrils; mouth is a dark line pointing up at center; there is a line that runs from cheek to cheek below the nose, the neck is covered with three bands of dark dots, and two holes run through the headdress and a red cord is thread through the holes; reverse of amulet is undecorated and flat; the piece is a light shade of cream, the natural color of the ivory

Pendant, 19th century

Pende

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metal disk depicting man with moustache and beard parted into thirds pointing at a painting of a fashionable maiden; metal disk attached with cord to ivory holder which is made to resemble round section of a tree; red-orange bead on cord

Emma-O with painting of a beauty, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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metal disk with shallow carving of a portrait of a chubby-faced woman; disk fits into ivory holder; netsuke in the shape of a peach which opens to reveal two men playing go; all parts attached together with green cord

Netsuke of Jo and Uba Playing Go inside a Peach, 19th century

Unknown Japanese

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