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Source Description
The body of this tsuba is craved in the form of insect eaten wood. On the front, a cicada is shown at the upper left, a spider is at the lower left, and a wasp is at the bottom right. A dung beetle is on the reverse.
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Document identity
localId
29739
label
Tsuba with Insects on Old Weathered Wood
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
29739
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Insects on Old Weathered Wood
description
The body of this tsuba is craved in the form of insect eaten wood. On the front, a cicada is shown at the upper left, a spider is at the lower left, and a wasp is at the bottom right. A dung beetle is on the reverse.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acuqisition 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
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.5
height
6.9
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
2 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in. (7.46 x 6.94 x 0.45 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, copper, silver, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
e7bb041ec5781712
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
cf0eb4dad04c0c5d
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no