Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Medium

Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

Dimensions

L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.1 oz. (31.2 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Kozuka

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919

Accession Number

19.71.17

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