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Aikuchi (dagger)
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Aikuchi (dagger)

Artist/Culture Japanese
Datelate 1800s
Mediummetal, wood, textile and ray skin
Dimensionsno tsuba: 34.7 × 4.4 cm (13 11/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineBequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin
Object number1976.263.1
DescriptionDagger, matched kogai (skewer) and kajuka (handle of short dagger) with matched fuchi kashira. (Kashira - metal cap which fits on the head of the handle. Fuchi - oval ring encircling base of handle). Matched bird menuki (small ornaments on either side of hilt).
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Not on view
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1800s
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Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
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