Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, dated 1543 mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), baleen, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); L. of balde 12 3/8 in. (31.5 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Geography:    Tottori Prefecture   
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936