Title: Split Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)
Object type: Split hair dressing tool (Kogai)
Date: probably 19th century
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Iron
Dimensions: L. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 1 oz. (28.3 g); skewer (a); W. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g); skewer (b); W. 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g)
Classification: Sword Furniture-Kogai
Credit line: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1914
Geography: Country of Origin    Japan      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY