IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169576
accession number:	O.12-1973

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 29 July 2026

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Brown iron tsuba for a wakizashi sword, with a squared ichijo (melon-like silhouette) shape and a taka (high) rim. 
The base has a grainy-splattered texture with reliefs of a butterfly and dragonfly decorated with bronze, shakudo and gold/brass zogan (inlay). There is one small kozuka hitsu-ana (utility knife opening).
title:	tsuba

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	S. R. Turner
creditline: Bequeathed by S. R. Turner

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169576





CATEGORIES
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category: sword fitting

DATING
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culture:	19th Century, Mid


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Depth
units: mm
value: 4.4

dimension: Depth
units: mm
value: 5.5