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Source Description
A spinning top with a winding string is depicted. The string would be wound around the top's shaft and then pulled away quickly to start the top spinning. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1060.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26795
label
Kashira with Spinning Top
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
26795
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kashira with Spinning Top
description
A spinning top with a winding string is depicted. The string would be wound around the top's shaft and then pulled away quickly to start the top spinning. This is part of a set with Walters 51.1060.
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
kashira
sword components
handles
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm) (l.)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
sentoku, copper, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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20367cd19b422479