The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Signaling Baton (Saihai)

Signaling Baton (Saihai)

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Signaling Baton (Saihai)

Date:: ca. 1615–1868
Culture:: Japanese
Medium:: Lacquer, wood, copper, paper
Dimensions:: Wood Staff: L. 15-1/2; Strips of paper: L. 12-1/2
Classification:: Miscellaneous
Credit Line:: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession Number:: 36.25.2954

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