Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Object type: Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Date: blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, silver
Dimensions: L. 16 3/4 in. (42.6 cm); L. of blade 16 9/16 in. (42.1 cm); L. of cutting edge 11 5/16 in. (28.8 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)

Classification: Daggers
Credit line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession year: 1891