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Source Description
This small tsuba was made for a dagger or short sword. A cricket is perched at the top and can be seen on both sides.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18192
label
Tsuba with a Cricket
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
18192
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with a Cricket
description
This small tsuba was made for a dagger or short sword. A cricket is perched at the top and can be seen on both sides.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsubas
sword components
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 in. (5.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, gilt
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
4cfa3a28c8a62ab1
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
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2dfd1c31fcb65f4d
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no