Sword guard

Museum number:
9-9413
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Alternate number:
3348 (previous number (Albert Bender’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2403
Description:
circular; iron; Ebisu the fisherman (carved in the round) w/ companion (?); inscription on back; openwork; low relief; diam. 8.2 cm.
Donor:
Albert M. Bender
Collection place:
Japan
Maker or artist:
Ebisu (Japanese deity)
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
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 9-9413, described as circular; iron; Ebisu the fisherman (carved in the round) w/ companion (?); inscription on back; openwork; low relief; diam. 8.2 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9413, described as circular; iron; Ebisu the fisherman (carved in the round) w/ companion (?); inscription on back; openwork; low relief; diam. 8.2 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sword guard, accession number 9-9413, described as circular; iron; Ebisu the fisherman (carved in the round) w/ companion (?); inscription on back; openwork; low relief; diam. 8.2 cm.

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