Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Unknown Artist
blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century
Medium
Steel, wood, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), copper, gold
Dimensions
L. 15 1/16 in. (38.2 cm); L. of blade 13 3/8 in. (33.9 cm); L. of cutting edge 8 7/16 in. (21.4 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
91.2.35
Rights
Public Domain