Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)
Object type: Hair dressing tool (Kogai)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 18th century
Medium: Metal laminate (mokume-gane), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. 8 1/16 in. (20.5 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.4 oz. (39.7 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Kogai
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936