Object Number | 42-30-244A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Meiji |
Date Made | 1870's-1928 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Steel | Ivory | Silk |
Technique | Carved |
Iconography | Birds | Human Figures | Flowers |
Description | Single-edged steel blade rounded to point. Ivory tusk handle carved in one narrow and two wide registers: the top with birds, the second with two groups of human figures among trees, the lowest conventionalized floral. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number | 90 - Other Number |
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