Blade for a Dagger (<i>Tantō</i>) with Mounting (<i>Chisagatana</i>)

Japanese · mid- to late 19th century

Steel, copper-gold alloy (<i>shakudō</i>), copper-silver alloy (<i>shubuichi</i>), wood, lacquer, abalone shell, ray skin, silk, whale bone (baleen)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · CC0 1.0

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