Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Six Connected Butterflies (六つ蝶繋透鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, gold, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 3 3/16  in. (8.1 cm); W. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.4 oz. (124.7 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Butterflies