Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Medium

Copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver

Dimensions

L. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kogai

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.397

Rights

Public Domain