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Baku Howling
Baku Howling
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Baku Howling

Artist Unknown
Culture Japanese
Date1800–1850
Mediumwood with ivory and horn inlay
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin of Nutley, NJ
Object number1976.203
Descriptionivory inlaid eyes with dark horn pupils; some cracks in the feet. Baku is the creature who eats bad dreams.
On View
Not on view
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