Comb and hairpin

Object Details

• Marks

  Comb with tag printed ¥48000.

• Inscriptions

  Comb with characters at front right.

• Provenance

  To 2015

  Elizabeth Candida Ridout (d. 2015), Washington, DC [1]

  From 2015 to 2017

  Estate of Elizabeth Candida Ridout, Washington, DC [2]

  From 2017

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, bequeathed by Elizabeth Candida Ridout, Washington, DC [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Elizabeth Candida Ridout (American, died 2015)

  Estate of Elizabeth Candida Ridout

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Bequest of Elizabeth Candida Ridout

• Type

  Jewelry and Ornament

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1920s, 1910s

• Name

  Ridout, Elizabeth Candida, Estate of Elizabeth Candida Ridout

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art, Lacquer, Taisho era (1912 - 1926)

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Ornaments, Jewelry