Handwork Craft Carved Ox Bone Netsuke Carving Woman

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Handwork Craft Carved Ox Bone Netsuke Carving Woman Picture is enlarged to show detail - see description for actual size.Color may vary slightly due to the color calibration of each individual monitor. Item Description: Ox Bone Carving Figurine Netsuke Size (Approx):2"(inch) Material: Ox bone Weight:34g This is a very nice Carving Netsuke. It is a lovely piece add to your collection or a great gift for any occassion.Don't miss it !!! Netsuke is a miniature sculptures that were invented in 17th century Japan to serve a practical function (the two Japanese characters ne+tsuke mean "root" and "to attach"). Traditional Japanese garment—robes called kosode and kimono —had no pockets, however men who wore them needed a place to store their personal belongings such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines. Their solution was to place such objects in containers (called sagemono ) hung by cords from the robes' sash ( obi ). The containers may be a pouch or a small woven basket, but the most popular were beautifully crafted boxes ( inro ), which were held shut by an ojime , which were sliding beads on cords. Whatever the form of the container, the fastener that secured the cord at the top of the sash was a carved, button-like toggle called a netsuke. Netsuke, like the inro and ojime, evolved over time from being strictly utilitarian read more

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