netsuke (Octopus and Monkey), unknown maker from Japan

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netsuke (Octopus and Monkey)
netsuke (Octopus and Monkey)
netsuke (Octopus and Monkey)
1700s–1800, Edo period (1600–1868)
netsuke (Octopus and Monkey) , 1700s–1800, Edo period (1600–1868)
Where object was made: Japan
Material/technique: ceramic
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.0470
Not on display
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Exhibitions

Cabinets of Curiosity: Musing about Collections
Joseph Keehn, curator
Madeline Rislow, curator
2006
Civic Leader and Art Collector: Sallie Casey Thayer and an Art Museum for KU
Celka Straughn, curator
2017–2018
Brosseau Center for Learning: Japanese Craft
2017

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Read or listen to an English translation of “The Jelly Fish and the Monkey”