Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>)
Unknown Artist
mid- to late 19th century
Medium
Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shubuichi</i>), wood, lacquer, abalone shell, ray skin, silk, whale bone (baleen)
Dimensions
L. 18 1/4 in. (46.4 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 1.9 oz. (507.5 g)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
Japanese
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Etsuko O. Morris and John H. Morris Jr., 2018
Accession Number
2018.833.19a–j