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Habaki for a sword of the wakizashi type

Medium/TechniqueMetal (brass)

Credit LineGift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation

Accession number1998.159.2

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ClassificationsArms and armor

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Asia

ProvenanceWalter A. Compton (b. 1911 - d. 1990), Elkhart, IN; transferred to the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation, Elkhart; 1998, gift of the W. A. Compton Oriental Arts Foundation to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1998)

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