Dagger with Sheath
Unknown Artist
blade, mid-16th century; hilt and scabbard, probably mid-16th century
Medium
Steel, iron, wood, leather, gold
Dimensions
Wt. of dagger and scabbard 9 oz (246 g); Dagger: L. 10 3/8 in. (26.34 cm); L. of blade, 6 1/4 in. (16.0 cm); W. of blade, 7/8 in. (2.21 cm) Wt. 7 oz. (191 g); Scabbard: L. 7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm); Wt. 2 oz. (55 g)
Classification
Daggers
Culture
blade, Turkish; hilt and scabbard, European, possibly Italian
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
26.145.159a, b