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Description: | This Japanese tsuba (sword-guard) is made of copper. Its purpose was to protect the warrior's hand and prevent it from slipping onto the blade. The tsuba has a hole on the left for the long thin dagger known as a kogai. It is finely decorated with a design showing the star constellation of the Great Bear. This is built up from layers of gold-coloured lacquer (a varnish made from tree resin). | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East metalwork art other cultures date | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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