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Sword GuardEd5.3150

Oval-shaped sword guard with dark brown patina, four-lobed edge and raised rim. Triangular hole at centre with a three-lobed hole to one side, and an ovoid hole to the other side. One face has a low relief design of a prunus tree with blooms, and the reverse has a prunus tree with scattered bamboo leaves. Some gold overlay. The design includes an open area where the tree branches appear to pass through the hole. Nakago ana adjusted by chiselling and metal inserts; kodzuka and kogai open.

Culture
Japanese
Material
iron metal and gold metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3149

Circular, metal sword guard with triangular hole at centre, ovoid hole to one side, and three-lobed hole to other side. Low relief openwork design depicting a man holding a pike, with copper face inlaid and robe patterned with gold overlaid in zigzags, waves, pinetrees, mountain forms overlaid with gold lines, and a pagoda which is similarly overlaid. The reverse displays back views of all of the motifs seen on the front, and characters are incised on the back of the seppa dai. Nakago ana adjusted with metal inserts. Open kodzuka and kogai. Characters incised on seppa dai.

Culture
Japanese
Material
copper metal, gold metal and iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3148

Oval metal sword guard. Guard is smooth and has a patina; polished shakudo seppa dai; open kodzuka and kogai. Front: man in sunken relief sitting right centre under a tree. He has face of inlaid copper, hat, sleeve, and knee of overlaid gold. He is reaching toward head of a writhing fish-dragon gazing up at him. The fish dragon's body is coiled and reappears at the top of the guard. Back: incised cloud forms with touches of gold overlay.

Culture
Japanese
Material
iron metal, copper metal and gold metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3147

Four-lobed form with irregularly hammered background. Has an overall patina; nakago ana has chiseling and copper insert for adjustment to the blade; open kodzuka, no kogai. Front: at bottom in high relief a leopard looks upward to a bamboo in low relief growing up the right side and across the top; leaves overlaid with gold. Back: at bottom centre, several broad curved gouges and a series of dots suggest leopard's claw and pad marks; two gold and copper spots inlaid.

Culture
Japanese
Material
copper metal, gold metal and iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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HookN2.220 a-c

Hook (part c) attached at the end of a long pole (a). Pole is an elongated tube; one end is closed with an iron ring attached through a hole; a three dimensional iron fish is attached by a chain to a protruding, curved piece of iron attached at the open, bottom end of the pole. An iron rod (part b) projects from the bottom, open end of the tube, impaling the metal fish through the head; an iron hook (c) is suspended from a knob at the end of the rod (b).

Culture
Japanese
Material
iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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AxeIj2

Iron axe head, attached to a dark brown wooden handle. Designs on the handle include the repetition of spirals, circles, and ellipses. Design on the lower portion consists of two ellipses, one above the other, on each side, joining at each end on a downward pointing curve while having tiny triangles within. Design on the upper portion of the handle consists of four vertical rows of tiny triangles with plain vertical lines in between and sectioned off horizontally in three sections by the following from bottom to top: a continuous horizontal band that has tiny triangles within; a triple outlined oval that has tiny triangles within; and a triple discontinuous horrizontal band. Above, there is a downward curving design with a circle at the centre. Handle is slim and slightly tapered towards the base.

Culture
Maori
Material
wood and iron metal
Made in
New Zealand
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3145

Rectangular metal sword guard with low relief design of prunus trunk that grows from lower to upper right on face with spreading branches and has copper highlights inlaid. The reverse has a design of one prunus branch. Nakago ana, four chiselled adjustments; open kodzuka and kogai.

Culture
Japanese
Material
iron metal and copper metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3144

Oval, metal sword guard with four-lobed edge, triangular hole at centre, and ovoid hole to side of centre. Surface slightly raised above rim on both sides, overall brown patina, lightly hammered background. Low relief design of a farmer with overlaid gold clothing standing on a road and holding a rope that is attached to a bronze inlaid water buffalo with overlaid gold bales on its back. The buffalo stands in shallowly incised swirls of water with gold and copper water plants. At top an incised line of mountain peaks with three inlaid copper snow drifts. Back: at bottom left an incised swirl of water, scattered with copper blossoms. Open kodzuka, no kogai.

Culture
Japanese
Material
copper metal, gold metal and iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3141

Circular, metal sword guard with circular shape, triangular hole at centre, and ovoid holes to either side. Edge is ribbed. Low relief motifs both front and back include waves and carp at bottom, writhing dragons on either side, and a pearl above which moves freely within a flaming halo. The carp, dragons and pearl are overlaid with gold and all connected by openwork vines which are undercut. Ana, copper insert at base; seppa dai, undecipherable characters. Incised; both kogai and kodzuka openings.

Culture
Japanese
Material
iron metal, copper metal and gold metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Sword GuardEd5.3142

Circular with raised rim. Background is hammered and there is a lustrous patina overall. Nakago ana has chiseling and copper inserts; kodzuka, rimmed with softer metal, and kogai both open. Front has chain with some loose links that appears through hole at bottom centre, continues up right side as fixed links in high relief and terminates at top in lustrous copper anchor. Back has chain of fixed links runs from hole at bottom centre up left side and over top, across kodzuka, terminating in its lower edge.

Culture
Japanese
Material
copper metal and iron metal
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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