Fuchi with Monkeys
(Japanese Military Armor)
Three monkeys are depicted in gold, copper and shakudo. One monkey is dressed in a shirt and holds a stick with sacred "shide" papers attached. Such sticks are used to symbolize purification in Shinto ritual. This fuchi is part of a set with Walters 51.917.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 9/16 in. (3.9 cm) (l.)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.916