Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Unknown Artist
blade, 16th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, silver, gold, copper-gold alloy (shakudō)
Dimensions
L. 15 11/16 in. (39.8 cm); L. of balde 14 11/16 in. (37.3 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 11/16 in. (27.2 cm)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Accession Number
29.100.1376a, b