Smallsword Hilt and Blade

Medium

Steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold

Dimensions

Hilt (a); L. approx. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. approx. 4 in. (10.2 cm); Wt. 5.3 oz. (150.3 g); blade (b); L. 40 1/8 in. (101.9 cm); Wt. 5.5 oz. (155.9 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

hilt, Japanese, possibly Dejima; blade, European

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926

Accession Number

26.145.325a, b