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Image Not Available for Mounting for a sword of the tachi type
Mounting for a sword of the tachi type
Image Not Available for Mounting for a sword of the tachi type

Mounting for a sword of the tachi type

Artist unknown, Japanese
Medium/TechniqueLeather (suede)*, lacquer (urushi), metal, wood, ray skin on tsukamaki (Himantura Sp.).
Credit LineCharles Goddard Weld Collection
Accession number11.5157.3
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ClassificationsArms and armor
Collections
ProvenanceBefore 1886, acquired in Japan by Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (b. 1853 – d. 1908), Salem, MA; 1886, sold with the Fenollosa collection to Charles Goddard Weld (b. 1857 – d. 1911), Brookline, MA; 1911, bequest of Charles Goddard Weld to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 7, 1911)