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Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Unrecorded artistblade, 16th century; mounting, mid–late 19th century
- Attribution
- Unrecorded artist
- Medium
- Steel, wood,lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, mother-of-pearl, lead, gold
- Physical dimensions
- L. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm); L. of blade 14 13/16 in. (37.6 cm); L. of cutting edge 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm); D. of curvature 1/8 in. (0.3 cm)
- Credit line
- Gift of Lewis Einstein, 1952
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