Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Unknown

blade, possibly 14th century; mounting, 19th century · Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), abalone shell · Arms and Armor

Artist

Unknown

Date

blade, possibly 14th century; mounting, 19th century

Medium

Steel, wood, lacquer, gold, silver, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), abalone shell

Culture

Japanese

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891