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Wood sculpture ornament A: Badger carved from wood has glass eyes and some white paint on each side. B: separate wooden hat with straw cord. Wood has highly defined tree rings. Badger (Tanuki) Lore When the badger becomes 1000 years old it can work…

Painted and varnished wooden badgers Badger at left poking head from water dipper badger at right is a part of a tea kettle with metal handles. Both have black white and red features They are mounted in a platform which has kanji on front (2nd…

Wood Badger Ornament Carved wood ornament with glued parts. Bottom of the ornament is a rice kettle with badger head tail and feet. Face has red ears black white and yellow features. The kettle has a metal handle and a braid red and white bow with…

Painted wood ornament. A: Base is section of tree limb. Figure glued on left is a brown badger with a bobbing head. Figure glued on right is an acolyte monk with bobbing head and blue hair and a white painted robe on front is painted a begging bowl.…

Ornament Wooden lantern with two miniature wooden dolls inside. Two cross cut pieces of wood with outer bark form top and bottom. Top piece has hole surrounded by white painted ring. Between the two pieces of wood is silk worm cocoon with section…

Painted wood ornament in shape of tea kettle. Possibly relates to the Babuku Chagama story. A: Bottom of tea kettle wood carved in a round shape with planges around the middle and hollow inside. Outside top is painted grey with white yellow nad…

Grey head of a man with dark brows and beard. Red string on Top. On the back it marks "1999 Accoutrements"

Small silver hair ornament w/four teeth. On the plaque end is a lotus blossoms design over which is a thin application of blue and green enamels. Value $45 CA. 1990 Note: Transfered from Museum gift shop.

On a metal 2 prong hair pin (Knazashi) (a) with a scooped end is half opened detacable fan (b) onits side. A samuri helmen is placed directly on top of the opened sections of the fan. Four plum blossoms surround the upper 180 degrees of the helmet. A…

On a metal 2 prong hair pin (Kanzashi) (a) with a scooped end is half opened detachable fan (b) on its side. A samurai helmet is placed directed on top of the opened sections of the fan. Four plum blossoms surround the upper 180 degrees of th helmet.…