Subject Index: Arms and Armor, Hilt

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Works of Art (4) Dagger hilt, ca. 1450; Timurid, Iranian; Attributed to Samarqand, Uzbekistan, Greenish black nephrite (02.18.765) Design for a Sword Hilt, ca. 1540, German (probably Nuremberg), Pen, ink, and wash on paper (2000.27) Sword guard (tsuba), 19th century; Edo period, Ishiguro Masayoshi (Japanese), Japanese, Shakudo, gold, shibuichi, copper (36.120.79) Tanto (Dagger), Kamakura and Edo period, Blade dated November 1333; Mountings 19th century, Uda Kunimitsu (Japanese), Blade: steel; mountings: silver, copper, gold, shakudo, ray skin, sharkskin, and wood (1998.127.2)

Thematic Essays (9) Arms and Armor in Medieval Europe Arms and Armor in Renaissance Europe The Decoration of Arms and Armor Famous Makers and European Centers of Arms and Armor Production Feudalism and Knights in Medieval Europe The Function of Armor in Medieval and Renaissance Europe The Japanese Blade: Technology and Manufacture Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Techniques of Decoration on Arms and Armor