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Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō) for a Boy

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Steel lacquer wood copper-gold alloy (shakudō) gold silver silk ray skin abalone horn, Japanese
Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Tom and Lore Firman Gift in honor of Thaddeus W. Slawski 2011
Title: Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō) for a Boy
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Steel lacquer wood copper-gold alloy (shakudō) gold silver silk ray skin abalone horn, Japanese.

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