Dirk
Object type: Dirk
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Spanish, possibly Catalonia or Balearic Islands
Date: 1700
Medium: Steel, leather, brass
Dimensions: L. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); L. of blade 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); W. 1 11/16 in. (4.3 cm); W. of blade 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); thickness of blade 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 5 oz. (141.7 g)
Classification: Daggers
Geography:    possibly Catalonia or Balearic Islands   
Credit line: Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926
Accession year: 1926