Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)

Medium

Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver

Dimensions

Fuchi (27.148.3); H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g); kashira (27.148.4); H. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Wt. 0.3 oz. (8.5 g)

Classification

Sword Furniture-Fuchi-Kashira

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of F. J. Peplow, 1927

Accession Number

27.148.3–.4

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