Japanese netsuke, a wolf eating a skull, by Tomoaki

An image of Netsuke. Tomoaki, Japan. A wolf eating a skull. The inside of the wolf's mouth is stained red. Ivory, carved and stained, height 3 cm, width 3.5 cm. Japanese.

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Netsuke. Tomoaki, Japan. A wolf eating a skull. The inside of the wolf's mouth is stained red. Ivory, carved and stained, height 3 cm, width 3.5 cm. Japanese.

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Accession Number: MAR.O.126-1912
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: 1025 pixels
Image width: 995 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 730.77kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:01 00:38:37

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animal animals carved eating Fitz_AA ivory Japanese netsuke seated sitting skull skulls stained Tomoaki wolf wolves

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