Kogai, flat metal pin split into two halves [.3 and .4]. [El.B 26/11/2007]

Collection type: Object
Description: Kogai, flat metal pin split into two halves [.3 and .4]. [El.B 26/11/2007]
Long description: Kogai, flat metal pin split into two halves [.3 and .4]. Made of iron, upper parts inlaid with copper wire. [El.B 26/11/2007]
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 Iron Metal, Material Copper Metal, Material Metal Wire, Process Forged (Metal), Process Inlaid
Dimensions: Length: max 250 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1946.12.66.3 Accession number: 1946.12.66.4
Research and responses: Related Documents File - Excerpt from notes from Colin Langton, 1997: 'TYPE: Tanto? both blade and mountings of unconventional form . . . The Seppa, Mekugi and Menuki are genuine, i.e. of traditional design, materials and manufacture, having been utilised for service on the piece in question, which must date post 1876, being the year of the Haito Rei, the official ban on wearing of swords, which caused the almost total collapse of sword and fittings industry . . . I also think there is a strong case that the above artefact having links with Ainu culture of Hokaido.' [GI 18/1/2002]