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Dagger (Tantō)

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Dagger (Tantō)

Date: blade, 15th century; mounting, 19th century
Type: Dagger (Tantō)
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, silver, gold
Department: Arms and Armor
Culture: Japanese
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 91.2.40
Credit: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891

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