Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 1865; mounting, mid-19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), silver, gold, horn
Dimensions: L. 17 1/16 in. (43.4 cm); L. of blade 13 13/16 in. (35.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 3/16 in. (25.8 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891