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Hair Dressing Tool (Kogai)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Long, thin hair dressing tool with tapered point. The tool is mostly gold-colored. The handle is black with gold designs on it. The black portion has rounded rectangular shape with rounded corners. There are gold colored metal pieces on both ends of the black portion. The end of the tool on the left has a small loop shape facing upwards. The background is gray.

Artwork Details

Date
18th century
Medium
Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper
Culture
Japanese
Dimensions
599 × 337 px
Public Domain
Yes
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