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Source Description
The iron body of the kozuka is designed to looking like wood. It is decorated with a copper snail, a bronze alloy snail, and a gold bee.
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Document identity
localId
30601
label
Kozuka with Snails and a Bee
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
30601
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Kozuka with Snails and a Bee
description
The iron body of the kozuka is designed to looking like wood. It is decorated with a copper snail, a bronze alloy snail, and a gold bee.
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
kozuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
inscriptions
none
med
iron, copper, gold
creator_ids
6194
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
e2ef02863fb34718
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
2c9793427f111750
hasOcr
no
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no