Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Unknown Artist

19th century

Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai) by Unknown Artist

Medium

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

Dimensions

L. 8 5/16 in. (21.1 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kogai

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919

Accession Number

19.71.1

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