Title: Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Skanda (韋駄天図鐔)
Object type: Sword guard (Tsuba)
Date: 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron, copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: H. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); W. 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 4.2 oz. (119.1 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: Men, term: Demons