Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)

Medium

Gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

Dimensions

Menuki (a); L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 0.2 oz. (5.7 g); menuki (b); L. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); Wt. 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

38.55.69a, b

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