Sword guard

Museum number:
9-9361
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
3335 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Gold (metal), Iron (metal), and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 10 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9361, described as Sword guard; 4 lobed; iron; gold tiger and bamboo leaves inlay; inscriptions on front; silver rock inlay on back; 6.3x5.5cm.

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