Sword guard (tsuba)
Unknown, Japanese, Japanese
Bronze and gold
Overall: 3 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (9.8 × 8.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Collection of Roger Arvid Anderson, Class of 1968
EL.2017.65.89
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Object Name
Armament: Accessory
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Orientations Gallery (Eugene Tosk), New York, New York; sold to Roger Arvid Anderson, San Francisco, California, 1988-1990; lent to present collection, 1994-2003; lent to present collection, 2017.
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