GUSN-391608
The image shows a display case at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston featuring various sword hilts, known as "tsuba." These circular or oval hilt guards are arranged in a grid pattern within the case. Each tsuba appears to have unique designs, and a few have labels attached. The photograph is credited to Baldwin Coolidge.
photography
Japanese
hilts
galleries (display spaces)
gelatin dry plate negatives
1423
IMLS Negative Barcode NP024361
B-Series negative 445-B
1 glass plate negative
PC022
Baldwin Coolidge Photographic Collection, circa 1878-1917
1918-09
PC022.001.002.001.002.445-B
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Coolidge, Baldwin, 1845-1928 (Photographer)
gelatin dry plate negatives
Item
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