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Description: | Menuki are sword-hilt ornaments, which were placed on each side of the hilt or handle. As well being very decorative, they make it easier to grip the sword. This pair is in the form of two matching turtles. These are made from shakudo, a copper alloy, and the eyes are inlaid with gold. Menuki are just one of many fittings for Japanese swords. Swords had great symbolic importance for samurai warriors. | 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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