Samurai Armor: Shoulder Guards "Sode"
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Gen. Walter L. Wieble
notes: label: Notes
content: PAIR OF GUARDS, EACH WITH 7 LACQUERED PLATES (INCLUDING TOP PLATE), LACED TOGETHER HORIZONTALLY WITH BLUE CORD (KEBIKI-LACED). PLATES ARE OF EQUAL WIDTH, ARE VERTICALLY RIBBED, AND ARE PAINTED GOLD. TOP PLATE (KAMURI-ITA) IS COVERED WITH LEATHER AND EDGED WITH GILDED METAL, AND IS BENT OUT AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE. GILDED METAL PLAQUE ("KOGAI-KANAMONO") ON ONE SIDE OF THE FOURTH PLATE WITH RING FOR ATTACHMENT CORD. FADED RED CORDS, WITH TASSELS. FAMILY CREST (MON) OF DAIMYO OF KASAMA AT TOP AND BOTTOM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Jan 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kasama, Honshu / Hitachi Province, Japan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Japanese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 353026
label: USNM Number
content: E422060E-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shoulder Guard
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 26 cm