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Creative Commons License
Tsuba with Sacred Jewels ("Tama")
(Japanese Military Armor)
This tsuba has three small sacred jewels on the right and a larger one on the left that is incorporated into the opening for the utility knife. At the bottom of the opening is a fifth small jewel. These jewels are Buddhist symbols of spiritual, not material, wealth.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan, Tokyo (Edo) (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 11/16 x W: 2 7/16 x D: 3/16 in. (6.8 x 6.25 x 0.42 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.
51.106