Wood Carved Netsuke; "The Tortoise and the Hare", 1900 - 2000

Item — Carton: CFC Artifact Box 2

Identifier: CFC2019.0381.1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Carlson Fable Collection is a gathering of primary fable materials at Reinert Alumni Memorial Library at Creighton University. It grew out of the personal collection of fable materials gathered by Rev. Gregory Carlson, S.J. and was given to the Creighton Libraries in 1996. There are more than 10,000 books and approximately 8,000 artifacts in the collection.

From plates to stamps, from cards to whiskey decanters, from toys to posters, you'll find just about anything you can imagine here. Please explore all that is to offer here in my fables Catalogue of Objects.

This is the largest online catalog of fable related objects on the internet. Many are from Aesop's Fables but you will find La Fontaine, Velazquez and Krylov also represented in this collection.

Dates

1900 - 2000

Extent

2" Linear Feet ; 1.5" x 2" x 1.5"

Language of Materials

Japanese

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought for $19.04 from morat4 on March 17, 2004.

Physical Description

Wooden stained Tortoise and Hare Netsuke. The hare is holding the Tortoise upside down. Both the tortoise and hare have painted black bead eyes. There are two holes on the bottom of the hare that allow for the attatchment of the sagemono.