IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169486
accession number:	HELM.O.284-1946

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Blade. Signature: Satsuma no Kamikintaka Tsuba shakudo embossed with dragon swimming in waves. Dragon and scattered dots, gilt. Fuchi and Kashira nanako with gilt dragons. Dragon menuki of shakudo with gilding. 
Sheath with black 'pitted' lacquer surface black lacquered Kurikata. Shakudo kodzuka, one side with 3 embossed leaves, two silvered are gilt, other side plain without patina
title:	Tanto

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:	J. E. Helm
creditline: Bequeathed by J. E. Helm

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169486





TECHNIQUES
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embossing

CATEGORIES
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category: weapons

DATING
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creation date:	1687 - 1687
creation date earliest:	1687
creation date latest:	1687
culture:	17th Century#


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 39.7