 In addition to full swords, Weld purchased many sword ornaments, handguards ("tsuba"), and other sword fittings such as "kozuka", tiny blades tied to a swordhilt and used by the samurai for basic utilitarian tasks.In 1911, the collections of Ernest Fenollosa and Charles G. Weld, much of it already physically in the Museum of Fine Arts, on loan indefinitely, became the property of the Museum, as the Fenollosa-Weld Collection.Weld also made major contributions to the Peabody Essex Museum.