Japanese netsuke, an old farmer standing

An image of Netsuke. Unknown maker, Japan. An old farmer standing, leaning forward with a heavy bundle of chopped wood at his back, while holding on his walking stick with his left hand. Ivory, carved, 1870-1930.

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Netsuke. Unknown maker, Japan. An old farmer standing, leaning forward with a heavy bundle of chopped wood at his back, while holding on his walking stick with his left hand. Ivory, carved, 1870-1930.

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Accession Number: O.200-2008
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1543 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
Filesize: 106.10kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:02 02:02:18

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19th Century 20th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending aged bundle of wood carried carrying carved elderly farmer Fitz_AA heavy load ivory Japanese male man netsuke old age old man stick walking stick woodcutter woodman woodsman

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