Nagami Iwao
Centipede on a Boar's Tusk1810

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Artist or Maker: Nagami Iwao
Title: Centipede on a Boar's Tusk
Place Made: Japan
Date Made: 1810
Period: Edo period (1603 - 1868)
Medium: Boar tusk
Dimensions: 3 5/8 x 1 1/16 x 1/2 in. (9.3 x 2.7 x 1.2 cm)
Credit Line: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection
Accession Number: M.91.250.206
Classification: Costumes
Collecting Area: Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography: Bushell, Raymond. Collector's Netsuke. New York: Walker/Weatherhill, 1971.
Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Scultpure in Minature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part II. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985.
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.