Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Unknown Artist
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, brass
Dimensions
L. 14 7/8 in. (37.8 cm); L. of blade 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Accession Number
91.2.32