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    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Tsuba (Sword Guard)

    Date: 
    18th century
    Medium: 

    Bronze

    Accession Number: 
    1945.119
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Edo period (1615–1868)
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Lady’s knife

    Date: 
    ca. 1825
    Medium: 

    Steel blade, lacquer coated wooden scabbard with cord

    Accession Number: 
    2005.16.2a-c
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Edo period (1615–1868)
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Armor Piercing Knife

    Artist: Ochi Nobuhide, Japanese, active 1850–99
    Date: 
    2nd month 8th day in 1870
    Medium: 

    Steel, unpainted wooden scabbard (shira saya)

    Accession Number: 
    2005.16.3a-b
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Meiji era (1868–1912)
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Mongolian Knife with Ivory Chopsticks

    Date: 
    ca. 1900
    Medium: 

    Iron (not steel) blade, sharkskin scabbard capped with extensive silver fittings, mommoth ivory balls, and ivory chopsticks

    Accession Number: 
    2005.16.4a-c
    Culture: 
    Mongolian
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Mongolian Knife with Jade Cup

    Date: 
    ca. 1900
    Medium: 

    Iron blade, sharkskin scabbard with extensive silver decoration, ivory chopsticks, jade cup lined with metal

    Accession Number: 
    2005.16.5a-c
    Culture: 
    Mongolian
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Orange-laced Domaru-type Suit of Armor

    Date: 
    Late 18th to mid-19th century
    Medium: 

    Lacquered iron with silk lacing, and painted deer hides

    Accession Number: 
    2008.84.1a-s
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    Edo period (1615–1868)
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Bridle Cheekpieces in Shape of Horses

    Date: 
    8th–7th century
    Medium: 

    Bronze

    Accession Number: 
    1979.14.126a-b
    Culture: 
    Iranian/Persian, probably Luristan
    Period: 
    Iron Age
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Ceremonial Sword and Case

    Date: 
    19th century
    Medium: 

    Carved ivory case

    Accession Number: 
    1958.83
    Culture: 
    Japanese
    Period: 
    19th century
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Halberd of Ge Type

    Date: 
    5th–3rd century B.C.E.
    Medium: 

    Variegated grey jade (nephrite)

    Accession Number: 
    1973.162.1
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–221 B.C.E.), Warring States period (47
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Asian Art

    Scabbard Fitting

    Date: 
    3rd century B.C.E.
    Medium: 

    Jade (nephrite)

    Accession Number: 
    1973.162.6
    Culture: 
    Chinese
    Period: 
    Western Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.–9 C.E.)
    Classification: 
    Arms and Armor
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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