Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Unknown Artist
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, ironwood, silver, rosewood, ivory
Dimensions
L. 13 15/16 in. (35.4 cm); L. of balde 13 in. (33 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 3/4 in. (22.3 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
91.2.34