Field Ensign (<i>Sashimono</i>)

Medium

Wood, lacquer, copper, gold, whale bone (baleen)

Dimensions

H. 34 1/8 in. (86.7 cm); H. of (a) 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm); H. of (b) 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm); W. of (a) 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); Wt. of (a) 12.5 oz. (354.4 g); Wt. of (b) 3.5 oz. (99.2 g)

Classification

Miscellaneous

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018

Accession Number

2018.833.28a, b