Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm); W. 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5.9 oz. (167.3 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

19.154.26

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