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Tsuka with Shells and Fish
mid 19th century (late Edo)
ray skin, silver, shakudo, gold, copper alloys
(Japanese Military Armor)
(Japanese Military Armor)
The kashira is decorated with various fish and shells executed in different metal alloys to provide a range of colors. The handle is covered in ray skin and wrapped in baleen (commonly called whale bone). This is part of a mounted set.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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 acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 5/16 in. (11 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.
51.1242.2B
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