Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Dimensions

Menuki (a); L. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm); Wt. 0.1 oz. (2.8 g); menuki (b); L. 13/16 in. (2.1 cm); Wt. 0.1 oz. (2.8 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

38.55.42a, b

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