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Unknown
Standing Skeletonlate 19th-early 20th century

Not on view
Small carved bone or ivory sculpture of a standing human skeleton mid-stride, arms raised, with honey-brown and russet-spotted surface patina

Unknown, Standing Skeleton, late 19th-early 20th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Standing Skeleton
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
late 19th-early 20th century
Medium
Bamboo
Dimensions
2 1/8 x 11/16 x 11/16 in. (5.4 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm)
Credit Line
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number
AC1998.249.16
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting. New York: Weatherhill, 1975.
  • Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.