Balde 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, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), hiirodō, gold, malachite, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 19 13/16 in. (50.3 cm); L. of blade 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 9 1/16 in. (23.1 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936