Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 18th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi), copper, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. 16 1/16 in. (40.8 cm); L. of blade 14 7/16 in. (36.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 9/16 in. (26.9 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891