Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Dimensions

L. 8 15/32 in. (21.5 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kogai

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1988

Accession Number

1988.379.2