IDENTIFIERS
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id:	162426
accession number:	O.6-1973

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 24 February 2021

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: In very poor condition, slightly curved yori mune, no visible hamon, tang unsigned. Silvered copper habaki. Square tsuba of iron decorated at the front with swirls of silver, at the rear with a silver key fret border and sprays of silver, copper and gold inlay. The grip of wood covered in same and bound with cream lacing. The fuchi kashira of patinated copper inlaid with gold. The scabbard of plain wood covered with textured black matt lacquer. The kozuka hilt of shakudo with Shu Lao and his deer, and two other immortals on a fish roe ground. The kogai of patinated copper decorated with cherry blossom and bamboo in relief.
title:	short sword

NOTES
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type: history note
value: unknown before S.R. Turner


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	S. R. Turner
creditline: Bequeathed by S.R. Turner

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/162426

PEOPLE
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Shu Lao
immortal

SUBJECTS
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deer
deer



CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1800 - 1899
creation date earliest:	1800
creation date latest:	1899
culture:	19th Century
culture:	Edo period (1615-1868) / Meiji period (1868-1912)

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: mm
value: 695