Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Hidetsugu

Japanese

Dateblade, 19th century; mounting 19th century

MediumSteel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, lacquer, baleen, rayskin (samé)

DimensionsL. in. 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm); L. of blade 16 15/16 in. (43 cm); L. cutting edge 10 11/16 in. (27.1cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)

CultureJapanese

DepartmentArms and Armor

ClassificationDaggers

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

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