Dirk
Object type: Dirk
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Spanish, possibly Catalonia or Balearic Islands
Date: 1800
Medium: Steel, leather, brass
Dimensions: L. 14 1/8 in. (35.9 cm); L. of blade 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm); W. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); W. of blade 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); thickness of blade 5/16 in. (0.6 cm); Wt. 7 oz. (198.4 g)
Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926
Accession year: 1926