Native Name | Wakizashi |
Object Number | 48-28-4C |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Edo Period |
Date Made | 19th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Copper | Iron | Gold |
Description | Small utility knife (kozuka) for a Japanese sword (wakizashi). Copper wire-wrapped hilt; iron mountings with gold inlay. Blade fairly good, but not best quality. Fine kozuka. Kogai missing |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Mason W. Zimmerman through Mrs. Bradford Williams, 1948 |
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