Sword Pommel (Kashira)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver

Dimensions

H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 0.4 oz. (11.3 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Fuchi-Kashira

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Accession Number

29.100.1354

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