Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 16th century; mounting, early–mid 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood,ray skin (samé), paper, laquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver
Dimensions: L. 22 3/8 in. (56.8 cm); L. of blade 16 in. (40.6 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891