Samurai Armor: Throat-Ring "Nodowa"
name: label: Donor Name
content: Lt. Gen. Walter L. Wieble
notes: label: Notes
content: CRESCENT-SHAPED METAL PIECE COVERED WITH GOLD PAINTED BLACK LACQUER. LEATHER STRIP IS ATTACHED TO THIS PIECE, WITH TWO LAMES HANGING FROM IT. LAMES ARE IRON PLATES COVERED WITH GOLD-PAINTED BLACK LACQUER, LACED WITH BLUE CORD. LACQUER IS CRACKED IN PLACES, WITH SOME BARE SPOTS. HOLE IN EACH HORN OF THE THROAT RING WITH BLUETIES ATTACHED. CREST (MON) OF THE DAIMYO OF KASAMA ON LOWER LAME (AN EXTRA PIECE USED TO PREVENT DECAPITATION.)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: E422060C-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Armor
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 26 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 23 cm