Netsuke: Tengu (legendary creature from Japanese folk religion)

Netsuke: Tengu (legendary creature from Japanese folk religion)
Netsuke: Tengu (legendary creature from Japanese folk religion)
(American, b. 1949)

Netsuke: Tengu (legendary creature from Japanese folk religion)

Datelate 20th-21st century
Mediumfossilized walrus ivory
Dimensionsoverall: 2 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 1 3/8 in. (5.7 × 4.1 × 3.5 cm)
ClassificationMATERIAL CULTURE
Credit LineGift of the June Helen Schuerch Estate
Object number2019.34.2
Subject(s)
  • animal
  • religion
  • Shinto
  • mythology
  • figure
Collection
  • Asian
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Not on view
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