- Artist or Maker
- Ryūkei I
Japan, active late 18th-early 19th century - Title
- Melanesian Drummer
- Date Made
- late 18th-early 19th century
- Period
- Edo period (1603 - 1868)
- Medium
- Wood with inlays
- Dimensions
- 3 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/8 in. (9.5 x 3.2 x 3.5 cm)
- Accession Number
- AC1998.249.142
- Collecting Area
- Japanese Art
- Selected Bibliography
- Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, vol. 2. Honolulu: Reed Publishers, 1981.
- Davey, Neil K. Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M.T. Hindson Collection. Revised edition. London: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 1982
- 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.
- Meinertzhagen, Frederick. The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B. George Lazarnick, ed. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc., 1986.
