Sword and Scabbard
Unknown, Japanese, Japanese
Steel, sharkskin, wood, bronze, silk, lacquer, and gold
Overall: 29 7/16 in. (74.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of George P. Thomas III
50.40.12434
Geography
Place Made: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Provenance
George P. Thomas III, Baltimore, Maryland; given to present collection, 1950.
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