Split Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)
Unknown Artist
probably 19th century
Medium
Iron
Dimensions
L. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g); skewer (a); W. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g); skewer (b); W. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g)
Classification
Sword Furniture-Kogai
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
Accession Number
14.100.363a, b