Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Medium

Gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 1.4 oz. (39.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Stephen V. Grancsay, 1942

Accession Number

42.51

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