Sword guard

Museum number:
9-9368
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Alternate number:
3318 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
Sword guard; oval; brass; encircling curving linear design ( phoenix?); inscription on front; pierced; 6.5 x 5.3 cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Phoenixes
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9368, described as Sword guard; oval; brass; encircling curving linear design ( phoenix?); inscription on front; pierced; 6.5 x 5.3 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9368, described as Sword guard; oval; brass; encircling curving linear design ( phoenix?); inscription on front; pierced; 6.5 x 5.3 cm.

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