Sword-Hilt Collar and Pommel (Fuchigashira)
Unknown Artist
A fuchigashira is a pair of matching sword fittings comprising the fuchi (collar at the base of the grip of the sword hilt) and kashira (pommel cap at the end of a sword hilt).
Credit: Gift of a Trustee of the Museum, 1917
19th century
Copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
1.0in
17.208.107a, b
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