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, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), gold, silver, copper, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. 16 13/16 in. (42.7 cm); L. of blade 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm); D. of curvature 1/16 in. (1 mm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891