IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169488
accession number:	HELM.O.286-1946

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. Iron tsuba, mokko shape, embossed in silver and gilt with three flying birds. Fuchi, plain black lacquer, kashiri iron nanako. Menuki, tiger and dragon pair in shakudo gilt. Kodzuka, shakudo nanako on side with embossed staff and serpent, gilt but rubbed. Blade signed.  
Black lacquer sheath with trailing lotus tendrils and flowers
title:	Wakizashi

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/169488





CATEGORIES
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category: weapons