Dagger (tantō), with mount and scabbard
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Japan
Japan
Dagger (tantō), with mount and scabbard
18th-19th century
steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), wood lacquer, ray skin, silk
Japan
Dagger (tantō), with mount and scabbard
18th-19th century
steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), wood lacquer, ray skin, silk
- Place made
- Japan
- Medium
- steel, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), wood lacquer, ray skin, silk
- Dimensions
- 61.0 cm (overall length)
- Credit line
- Bequest of Sir Samuel Way 1916
- Accession number
- 863A49
- Media category
- Metalwork
- Collection area
- Asian art - Japan