Sword guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Skanda (韋駄天図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.2 oz. (119.1 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Men|Demons