Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)

Dimensions

L. of each 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. of each 0.3 oz. (8.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Menuki

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938

Accession Number

38.55.8a, b

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