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Source Description
This tsuba has three mice on it. One appears at the upper right of the front. This mouse's body continues around the edge of the tsuba and appears at the upper left of the front. On both the front and the back, a mouse appears at the lower left.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
30120
label
Tsuba with Mice
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
30120
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuba with Mice
description
This tsuba has three mice on it. One appears at the upper right of the front. This mouse's body continues around the edge of the tsuba and appears at the upper left of the front. On both the front and the back, a mouse appears at the lower left.
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
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.9
height
6.6
depth
0.6
dimensionsRaw
2 11/16 x 2 9/16 x 1/4 in. (6.9 x 6.55 x 0.63 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
shakudo, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
eab0aaf70a355613
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
1c1b5c44ee1c8773
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no