A 19th century Shibayama ojime from Meiji period. Not signed. In carved ivory with coral, mother of pearl, and tortoiseshell inlaid portraying a group of faces from Japanese folklore (two karakos, a mask, a woman giving somehting to drink to an eleder man and flowers, 21,8x22,6x22, mm. 14,09 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.