6 Hair Dressing Tools (kogai) and 23 Small Knives (kogatana)
1700
Scroll
6 Hair Dressing Tools (kogai) and 23 Small Knives (kogatana)
1700
Physical Qualities
Metal alloys with gold, silver and abalone shell decoration, Range : 20.5 cm. (8 1/16 in.) to 22.5 cm. (8 7/8 in.) L
Credit Line
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. William J. Sebald
Object Number
1969.50.1-29
Kozuka is the term for the decorative knife handles.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1969; Ambassador William J. Sebald and Edith de Becker
BMA, "Diamonds in the Rough: Seldom Seen Objects from the BMA's Collection," June 20-August 13, 1989.
