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Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
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Steel wood lacquer ray skin (samé) thread copper-gold alloy (shakudō) copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), Japanese
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Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Howard Mansfield Collection Gift of Howard Mansfield 1936
Title: Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
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Steel wood lacquer ray skin (samé) thread copper-gold alloy (shakudō) copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), Japanese.
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