Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)

Hidetsugu

Medium: Steel, wood, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, lacquer, baleen, rayskin (samé)
Dimensions: L. 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)
Culture: Japanese
Department: Arms and Armor
Classification: Daggers
Dated: blade, 19th century; mounting 19th century
Pixels: 2250 × 4000
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Hidetsugu. Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō), blade, 19th century; mounting 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.