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Spear

Original Language TitleYari
CultureJapanese
Date17th century
MediumOak, ray skin, lacquer and gold powder, shakudo (copper-gold alloy), hemp (asa), gold lacquer, tempered steel with lacquered iron tip, bear fur.
DimensionsOverall: 106 1/16 inches (269.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-202/4 A,B
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DescriptionThe pole is oak covered with ray (same) skin which has been polished, then coated with lacquer and gold powder, shakudo (copper-gold alloy), and hemp (asa) covered with gold lacquer. The blade is tempered steel with lacquered iron tip, and its cover is made of bear fur.
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overall
late 17th-early 18th century
32-202/3 A
detail
18th century
32-202/6 A,B
overall
Kajikawa
early 19th century
F58-26/3
overall
late 18th century
32-202/2A-C
overall
late 18th-early 19th century
32-202/5
assembled overall oblique
Fang Mingting
Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
78-34
Emperor Jinmu
ca. 1900
2022.39.9.1-4
overall oblique
Muromachi period (1392-1568)
81-27/24
lid exterior overall
Late 1700s to early 1800s
33-113 A-H
overall
15th-16th century
2007.31