• Japanese lacquered comb (2)
  • Asia
  • Japan
  • Width : 4 1/2 inch
  • Height : 2 3/4 inch
  • Depth : 3/8 inch
  • Wooden comb depicting a rooster, covered with gold lacquer (maki-e). In Japan, a rooster's crow symbolizes Shinto deities luring Amaterasu, Goddess of the Sun, out of the cave where she had been hiding.
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