https://collections.lacma.org/object/89491

"TITLE Pigeon-Shaped Box"
Clothing ornament?

A netsuke is a small container that's fastened onto the clothes for ornamental purposes.

Clothing ornament?

Isn't the netsuke the toggle that keeps it from slipping through the obi?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netsuke

Yes, you said that in your posting, but the link you put in the comments has no mention of netsuke. It just says "Pigeon Shaped Box". I wasn't trying to say you're wrong, or wondering what netsuke is/was, I just asking where that description came from.

As the source notes in the bibliography:

Bushell, Raymond. The Inr¯o Handbook: Studies of Netsuke, Inr¯o and Lacquer. New York: John Weatherhill, Inc., 1979.

Goodall, Hollis, Virginia G. Atchley, Neil K. Davey, Christine Drosse, Sebastian Izzard, Odile Madden, and Robert T. Singer. The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke: A Legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc.; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2003.

Bushell, Raymond. Netsuke: Japanese Sculpture in Miniature from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell, Part III. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.

Bushell, Raymond. An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection. Tokyo: Mikimoto World Jewelers, 1979.

Holy hell I'm blind! Thanks. 👍