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Badger Drumming Belly
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Badger Drumming Belly

Kano Tôsen Nakanobu (Japanese, 1811–1871)
19th century
Object PlaceJapan
DimensionsH. .034
Credit LineWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession number11.23624
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsNetsuke
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1911, purchased by William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 - d. 1926), Boston [see note 1]; 1911, gift of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: August 3, 1911)

NOTES:
[1] Much of Bigelow's collection of Asian art was formed during his residence in Japan between 1882 and 1889, although he also made acquisitions in Europe and the United States. Bigelow deposited many of these objects at the MFA in 1890 before donating them to the Museum's collection at later dates.
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