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Netsuke
Netsuke of a skull, Japan
Netsuke of a skull, Japan
Netsuke
Japan
19th century
Carved ivory
Museum no. 457-1904
Netsuke in the shape of a skull, the Japanese Buddhist symbol of Yama, god of the dead.
