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Netsuke (Bird Emerging from Shell)

date

about 1850-1868

creation place

Asia, Japan

medium & support

Ivory

measurements

1 9/16 x 1 x 1 in. (3.96 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm)

credit line

Gift of Anna M. Kiern in memory of Reverend C.I. Kiern

accession number

1931.500.077

keywords

animals, birds, birth

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