Sword Hilt Ornament

Native Name:

Menuki

Object Number:

21679

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Japanese

Provenience:

Japan

Section:

Asian

Materials:

Copper
Gold

Description:

One of a pair of menuki showing Japanese 3-clawed dragon. In reddish copper with projecting flames in gold.

Credit Line:

Gift of Sarah Frishmuth

[Catalogue] 1981. Echoes of the Samurai: An Exhibition of Japanese Arms and Armor. : Page/Fig./Plate: 21