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, lacquer, rayskin (samé), baleen, silver, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions: L. 16 5/16 in. (41.5 cm); L. of blade 15 3/8 in. (39.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 13/16 in. (27.4 cm); D. of curvature 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Accession year: 1936