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