Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Japanese · blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, hiirodō
Japanese · blade, 19th century; mounting, 19th century

Steel, wood, lacquer, rayskin (samé), thread, copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, hiirodō