Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 1866
Medium: Copper, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: H. 2 in. (5.1 cm); W. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.5 oz. (42.5 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Dragonflies