Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting (Chinese Windmill) Palm Branches (棕櫚透鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: ca. 1615–1868
Medium: Iron, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: Diam. 3 5/16 in. (8.4 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4.6 oz. (130.4 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Accession year: 1891
Tags: Flowers