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On View In:
Gallery 239
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Artist:
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Shumin
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Title:
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Dog in Graveyard
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Date:
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mid-19th century
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Medium:
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Ivory, bronze, and gold
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Dimensions:
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9/16 x 2 in. (1.4 x 5.08 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Walter Lane Barksdale
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Location:
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Gallery 239
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Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Shumin
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Nationality:
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Japanese
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Life Dates:
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Japanese, active mid-19th century
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Signature on left edge
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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Physical Description:
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metal disk with applied high relief decoration of snarling wolf looking over proper left shoulder, seated on a log (?) with its proper right front paw resting on a skull; disk attached to ivory holder
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Creation Place:
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Asia, Japan, , ,
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Accession #:
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98.105.85
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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