Sword Guard (&lt;i&gt;Tsuba&lt;/i&gt;) Depicting Biting Lion Heads (&lt;i&gt;Shikami&lt;/i&gt;) and Arabesques (獅噛唐草図南蛮鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>)
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 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