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Wakizashi; japanese short sword and saya (scabbard); unsigned blade; gold coloured habaki (metal encircling blade) with raised designs; tsuba has a leaf pattern in raised gold, small hole in tsuba for end of kogatana to sit in; fuchi (collar above tsuba) is a gold leaves; samegawa (handle wrap) is rayskin; tsuka-ito is a green cord wrap on handle; under the tsuka-ito is a menuki charm on each side depicting a bouquet of flowers; kojiri (end cap) is gold colour pattern of flowers; (scabbard) is a laquered wood with a pocket for a kogatana; kogatana is a gold coloured handle with raised relief of a dragon; saya has ribbing at top section near mouth mid 16th century 

Part of the History collection. 

Credit Line: Collection of Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira,Gift of Mr Harry S Dadley, W1856 

For more details visit <a href="http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_humanhistory-object-697109" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections</a>
Images released under a CC-BY licence. Auckland Museum 2019
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Author Auckland Museum Collections from Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand

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