Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Dimensions

L. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kogai

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of a Trustee of the Museum, 1917

Accession Number

17.208.67