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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
Date20th century
MediumWood with paint and lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 6 1/4 in. (15.9 × 15.9 × 15.9 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object number2023.10.31
On view
DescriptionWooden drum called a Mokugyo, with flowers and a handle made up of two creatures (likely fish). Chanting bell used in Zen Buddhist temples and monastaries in Japan during meditation.
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Additional Details
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1825-50
Medium: Wood with paint and abalone
Object number: 1984.470
Unknown artist
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Wood with paint
Object number: 1984.473
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, wood, copper alloy
Object number: 2023.10.52
Unknown artist, Polynesian
Date: after 1770
Medium: Ironwood, also known as toa wood (casuarina equisetifolia or she-oak)
Object number: 2023.10.28
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: c. 960-1279
Medium: Ceramic with black glaze
Object number: 2016.6.2
Unknown artist
Date: c. 618-907 CE
Medium: Red clay with remnants of pigment
Object number: 1994.58
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1877
Medium: Album with lacquered board cover containing fifty albumen photographs with hand coloring
Object number: 1992.27