Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold
Dimensions: L. 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm); L. of blade 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891