Decorated "Shark" Skin (<i>Kazari-zame</i>)

Medium

Wood, rayskin (<i>same</i>), silk, gold, paper

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (52 x 9.5 x 7.5 cm)

Classification

Miscellaneous

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2006

Accession Number

2006.177a–d