Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: 19th century
Medium: Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), iron, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, brass, copper
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 6.6 oz. (187.1 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936
Tags: Butterflies|Flowers