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Fittings inscribed by Hidetsugu Japanese
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A tantō is a dagger or blade shorter than 30 cm.
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Title: Blade and Mounting for a Dagger (Tantō)
Sword maker:
Fittings inscribed by Hidetsugu (Japanese)
Date: blade, 19th century; mounting 19th century
Culture: Japanese
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)
Classification: Daggers
Credit Line: Gift of Brayton Ives and W. T. Walters, 1891
Object Number: 91.2.73
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