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Sword Guard (Tsuba)

Title	Sword Guard (Tsuba)
Date	19th century 19th century
Medium	Iron, silver, gold, copper
Classification	Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Origin	Japanese Japanese
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Bequest of Edward G. Kennedy, 1932
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates

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