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Source Description
The handle is wrapped with baleen, which is often called "whale bone" although it is not a bone. A small section of ray skin is visable near the kashira. On the kashira is a gold dragon in clouds. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
14642
label
Tsuka with Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
14642
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with Dragon
description
The handle is wrapped with baleen, which is often called "whale bone" although it is not a bone. A small section of ray skin is visable near the kashira. On the kashira is a gold dragon in clouds. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
18th century (?) (Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
gold, silver, ray skin, baleen
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
mediaId
f9127e7a5fd9aee7
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
c3a5bc2bb9c6dccb
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no
hasDescription
no