Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Head on Stick Toy (首人形図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 1860 (Ansei 7, 1st month)
Medium: Iron, brass, gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); W. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); thickness 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Wt. 6.8 oz. (192.8 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Faces