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Tsuba with a Spiny Lobster
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba is formed by the body and antennae of a spiny lobster. The trunk of the lobster is in the right half of the tsuba. Its long antennae form the left and the hole for the utility life. Lobster are a sign of respect for old age because of their doubled over body.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Wakayama
(Place of Origin)
Japan, Kyoto (Place of Origin)
Measurements
2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.125