Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Medium

Iron, gold, silver, copper

Dimensions

H. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); W. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.9 oz. (138.9 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Tsuba

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936

Accession Number

36.120.66

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