Tsuka with Fishing Buoys
(Japanese Military Armor)
The tsuka is wrapped in baleen and two menuki with fishing bouys are attached to the sides. The kashira repeats the wave motif seen on the tsuba and fuchi. This is part of a mounted set.
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 (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 8 1/16 in. (20.4 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.
51.1239.3B