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Tsuba   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Title
Tsuba
Object type Classification: NM3.7546
Description
English: Tsuba and bag steel oval disc with copper and gold inlay, one side has hill scene with bridge and running rabbit, other side has hill scene with a squirrel handsewn rectangular bag, maroon cotton with repeating spot pattern, lined brown square patterned fabric Tsuba (sword guards) were used to protect the sword wielder's hands from sliding onto the blade. They are usually finely decorated, incorporating traditional motifs and designs and made from a variety of metals, such as iron, steel, brass or shakudo - an alloy of copper and gold.
Date 21 Sep 1931; unknown; Pre 1932; Unknown
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length: 84mm
height: 101mm
width: 117mm
width: 79mm

depth: 5mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
1932.233
Place of creation Japan
Credit line collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, Auckland, 1885, (794) on loan to Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1932.233, M959, 17579.1,
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