Dirk
Object type: Dirk
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Spanish, possibly Catalonia or Balearic Islands
Date: 1700
Medium: Steel, leather, brass
Dimensions: L. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm); L. of blade 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); W. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); W. of blade 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); thickness of blade 1/4 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 4 oz. (113.4 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