The Metropolitan Museum of Art
印籠刻昆虫図螺鈿据文象嵌鞘打刀拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
- Date
- blade 17th century; mounting 19th century
- Medium
- Steel, wood, lacquer, mother-of-pearl, rayskin (same), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, iron
- Culture
- Japanese
- Department
- Arms and Armor
- Institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 24873
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