Sword Hilt with Fishing Boats and Water Birds
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: In the shape of a sword hilt, dark brown, with sloping sides, oval shaped lid with small lozenge shaped, gold framed openings on front and back; larger oval shaped base with flat bottom, slightly broader than central box body and deliniated by seam that runs from front to back; body features inlaid gold decoration with fishermen, riverboats, cormorants and bamboo foliage; top of lid features raised gold and shakudo decoration of cormorant in flight; base features raised gold and shakudo decoration of wading bird and foliage. Lid hinged on side. Striker on bottom.
place: label: made in
content: Japan
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1982-23-243
objectType: label: Type
content: containers
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Matchsafe
label: Type
content: Matchsafe
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Shakudo, gold
label: Dimensions
content: 5.2 x 2.6 x 2 cm (2 1/16 x 1 x 13/16 in. )