Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper

Dimensions

H. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 6 oz. (170.1 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Mrs. George A. Crocker (Elizabeth Masten), 1937

Accession Number

38.25.46

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