Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 1866; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel,  wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé) , thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 16 7/16 in. (41.7 cm); L. of blade 15 5/8 in. (37.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 13/16 in. (27.4 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891