Brass paperweight measures 4" wide x 3" tall sculpture of the three wise monkeys, representing the proverb "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." The monkeys are often referred to as Mizaru (covering his eyes), Kikazaru (covering his ears), and Iwazaru (covering his mouth). The origin of this proverb is often attributed to a 17th-century carving over a door of the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan.