Pair of Sword-Grip Ornaments (Menuki)
Unknown Artist
Menuki are a pair of ornamental sword fittings attached to either side of a sword hilt.
Credit: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1938
18th century
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
1.0in
38.55.6a, b
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019