Tsuba with Snake, Toad, and Slug
The body of this tsuba is sculpted to resemble a piece of weathered wood. The openings for the utility knife and the hair pick look like natural holes in the wood. At the upper left, a snake emerges from the utility knife hole. A frog sits and the lower right, surrounded by go...
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11239
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object
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normalized
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.372_Back_DD_JP08.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.372_Back_DD_JP08.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS3_51.372_Back_DD_JP08.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/51.372 |
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Japanese
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