Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Medium

Iron

Dimensions

L. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.7 oz. (48.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kogai

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914

Accession Number

14.100.523