Sword guard

Museum number:
9-9386
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090009386
Alternate number:
3329 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
rounded square; iron; Chinese figures on front; grass hut on back; inlaid gold, silver, copper; low relief; 7.3 x 6.7 cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Copper (metal), 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 2 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9386, described as rounded square; iron; Chinese figures on front; grass hut on back; inlaid gold, silver, copper; low relief; 7.3 x 6.7 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9386, described as rounded square; iron; Chinese figures on front; grass hut on back; inlaid gold, silver, copper; low relief; 7.3 x 6.7 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9386, described as rounded square; iron; Chinese figures on front; grass hut on back; inlaid gold, silver, copper; low relief; 7.3 x 6.7 cm.

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