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Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
- Date
- blade, probably 19th century; mounting, 19th century
- Medium
- Steel, wood, lacquer, iron, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), rayskin (samé), leather, windmill palm leaves
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 21811
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