Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

Unknown maker

Medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold
Dimensions: L. 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm); W. 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); thickness 3/16 in. (0.5 cm); Wt. 1.2 oz. (34 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Kogai
Dated: 17th century
Pixels: 4000 × 2250
SHA-256: bad8c19a35164f4d…
Record: View at the source institution ↗

License, verbatimCC0

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Open Access, Creative Commons Zero (CC0). Flagged isPublicDomain=true in the museum's own record.

Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai). 17th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.