Sword Pommel (Kashira)
Unknown Artist
A kashira is a pommel cap mounted at the end of a sword hilt, usually made as part of a set with a matching fuchi (hilt collar).
Credit: Gift of Bashford Dean, 1919
Late 18th-early 19th century
Iron, gold
3.3 cm
19.153.26
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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