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Title	Knife Handle (Kozuka)
Date	dated 1829 19th century
Medium	Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, copper
Classification	Sword Furniture-Kozuka
Origin	Japanese Japanese
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of Herman A. E. and Paul C. Jaehne, 1943
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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