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Mounting for a sword of the itomaki-no- tachi type with design of family crests (tsuba)
Japanese
Edo period
17th century
Medium/Technique
Metal (non-specific)
Dimensions
8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession Number11.5097.3c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsArms and armor – Tsuba
ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 – d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 – d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)