Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 2.6 oz. (73.7 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Bashford Dean, 1919

Accession Number

19.153.13

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