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Source Description
Three monkeys are depicted in gold, copper and shakudo. One monkey is dressed in a shirt and holds a stick with sacred "shide" papers attached. Such sticks are used to symbolize purification in Shinto ritual. This fuchi is part of a set with Walters 51.917.
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Document identity
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13218
label
Fuchi with Monkeys
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object
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Source metadata
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13218
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object
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normalized
title
Fuchi with Monkeys
description
Three monkeys are depicted in gold, copper and shakudo. One monkey is dressed in a shirt and holds a stick with sacred "shide" papers attached. Such sticks are used to symbolize purification in Shinto ritual. This fuchi is part of a set with Walters 51.917.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
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CC0
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en
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Arms & Armor
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sword components
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2
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2
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import
dimensionsRaw
1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm) (l.)
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Japanese
inscriptions
none
RelatedObjects
31102
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shakudo, copper, gold
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6194
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JMA
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none
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1
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photo
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81fb1c4deebc4500
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no
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2
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photo
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d4330a90560ca8e7
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