Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tanōt)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 19th century; mounting 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, gold, gopper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm); L. of blade 12 1/4 in. (31.2 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 3/16 in. (20.8 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891