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Source Description
The body of a dragon wraps around the whale baleen covered hilt. The dragon's head covers the end of the hilt in place of a kashira. This is part of a mounted set.
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Document identity
localId
79140
label
Tsuka with a Dragon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
79140
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Tsuka with a Dragon
description
The body of a dragon wraps around the whale baleen covered hilt. The dragon's head covers the end of the hilt in place of a kashira. This is part of a mounted set.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1700 (early Edo)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Arms & Armor
tsuka
sword components
handles
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
med
silver, gold, baleen
creator_ids
6103
collection_ids
JMA
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
6ae2a06d26c8f7c0
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
4574b90f0b45e2ef
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no