Knife Handle (Kozuka), Japanese, first half 19th century
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
first half 19th century
Knife handle (Kozuka) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 36.120.301), catalogued by the museum's Arms and Armor department. The museum dates it first half 19th century and records its origin as Japanese; Japan.
The museum records the medium as Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi) and the dimensions as L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g). Subject tags assigned by the museum: Birds. These details are transcribed from the museum's open-access record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Iron, gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
- Dimensions
- L. 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm); W. 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g)
Technical characteristics
- Classification
- Sword Furniture-Kozuka
- Place recorded
- Japan
- Culture recorded
- Japanese
Identification
- Met object id
- 29696
- Museum object name
- Knife handle (Kozuka)
- Museum object number
- 36.120.301
Catalogue references
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Research required
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