Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Medium

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

Dimensions

L. 8 1/4 in. (21 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

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.1132