Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>)

Unknown Artist

mid- to late 19th century

Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>) by Unknown Artist

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

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