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1946.12.69.2

Sheath, wooden, lacquered black with figure of a dragon in low relief. [For sword .1] [El.B 26/4/2007]

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1946.12.69.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Sheath, wooden, lacquered black with figure of a dragon in low relief. [For sword .1] [El.B 26/4/2007]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Dewa Province
Person
Maker Gassan
Field collector Walter Molyneux Dingwall
PRM source Reginald George Dingwall
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Late Muromachi, uncertain Date made: 1500-1560?, uncertain Date made: Before 1898
Date collected
1898
Acquisition information
Donated: 1946
Materials and processes
Material Lacquer Varnish Plant, Material Wood Plant, Process Inlaid, Process Lacquered Varnished
Dimensions
Length: max 720 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1946.12.69.2
Research and responses

Related Documents File - Detailed information & drawings supplied by Colin Langton, 1999. Type is given as "Tachi blade originally, later shortened (O Suriage) converted and remounted as a Katana, in unusual Buke Zukuri Koshirae. This being the Daito (long sword) companion to the Sho (short sword) held in the reserve collection, box 3, No 17, Acc No 1946.12.70, d.d. R G Dingwall." [CF 7/1/2002]

Search terms: Weapon, Sheath

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