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; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), lacquer, silver
Dimensions: L.  16 1/8 in. (40.9 cm); L. of blade 14 15/16 in. (37.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 7/16 in. (26.5 cm); D of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891