Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Date

blade, mid-19th century mounting, mid–late 19th century

Type

Blade and mounting for a dagger (Tantō)

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, baleen, gold, silver

Department

Arms and Armor

Culture

Japanese

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

29.100.1372a, b

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929