Keywords: Japanese - Fuchi with Monkeys - Walters 51916.jpg 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 date shakudo copper gold cm 3 9 accession number 51 916 13218 William T / Henry Walters Collection Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T or Henry Walters none place of origin Japan Walters Art Museum license Fuchi in the Walters Art Museum Fuchi ShakudÅ Monkeys acting as humans Reliefs of monkeys on Japanese sword fittings |