Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 15th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)
Dimensions: L. 16 7/16 in. (41.8 cm); L. of blade 14 1/16 in. (35.8 cm); L of cutting edge 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: The Howard Mansfield Collection, Gift of Howard Mansfield, 1936
Accession year: 1936