Title: Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Thousand Monkeys (千疋猿図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 18th–19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, gold
Dimensions: H. 2 13/16 in. (7.1 cm); W. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 4 oz. (113.4 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Credit line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Monkeys