Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 19th century; mouning, 19th cenutury
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), baleen, silver
Dimensions: L. 14 1/16 in. (35.8 cm); L. of blade 12 1/2 in. (31.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 3/4 in. (22.3 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936