Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Prawn (海老図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: H. 3 9/16 in. (9 cm); W. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 8.4 oz. (238.1 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Fish