• Japanese "tomoe" hairpins (2)
  • Asia
  • Japan
  • Width : 3/4 inch
  • Height : 5 1/8 inch
  • Depth : 3/8 inch
  • Small hairpins, made of ivory, reddish bone and tortoiseshell. Note the "mitsu-tomoe" symbol as a decoration. This Japanese symbol remembers the Chinese yin and yang one, but this triple shape is more dynamic.