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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Unknown Artist

16th century

Medium

Iron, copper

Dimensions

Diam. 4 in. (10.2 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 6.7 oz. (189.9 g)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Funds from various donors, 1946

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Rights

Public Domain

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