IDENTIFIERS
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id:	169489
accession number:	HELM.O.287-1946

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, with water plants rock and flying long-necked bird embossed in copper and details gilt. Iron fuchi, with embossed waves and calligraphy. Kashira with embossed waves en suite. 
Pair of Menuki each with bow and sheath of arrows in shakudo nanako one side with embossed and gilt books and flowering sprig. 
Black lacquer scabbard 'pitted' and spangled; copper kojiri with engraved grass and flowers embossed grasshopper.
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/169489





TECHNIQUES
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lacquering

CATEGORIES
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category: weapons