Knife and Scabbard
Unknown, Japanese, Japanese
possibly collected about 1876
Steel, wood, silk, silver, bronze, lacquer, and sharkskin
Overall: 15 11/16 in. (39.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Reverend Edward Leeds Gulick, Class of 1883
13.7.696
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Possibly collected by the Missionary Reverend Luther Halsey Gulick (1832-1891), in Hawaii, about 1862-1870; to his son, Edward Leeds Gulick (1862-1931), Class of 1883; given to presented collection, 1889.
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