Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Two Gibbons (二疋手長猿図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, gold-copper alloy (shakudō), copper, gold
Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); thickness 3/8 in. (1 cm); Wt. 3.7 oz. (104 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Monkeys