Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Spider Web on Dead Tree (枯木に蜘蛛の巣図鐔)

Unknown maker

Medium: Iron, gold, copper
Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); thickness 5/16 in. (0.8 cm); Wt. 3.9 oz. (109 g)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Sword Furniture-Tsuba
Dated: ca. 1615–1868
Pixels: 3648 × 3648
SHA-256: 5e6ebdff2bd62622…
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License, verbatimCC0

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

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) Depicting Spider Web on Dead Tree (枯木に蜘蛛の巣図鐔). ca. 1615–1868. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.