Title: Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)
Object type: Hair dressing tool (Kogai)
Date: 1785–1876
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver
Dimensions: L. 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1.3 oz. (36.9 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Kogai
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY