Aikuchi (dagger)
Artist/Culture
Japanese
Datelate 1800s
Mediummetal, wood, textile and ray skin
Dimensionsno tsuba: 34.7 × 4.4 cm (13 11/16 × 1 3/4 in.)
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineBequest of Mildred Marcus Levin and Harold Lester Levin
Object number1976.263.1
DescriptionDagger, matched kogai (skewer) and kajuka (handle of short dagger) with matched fuchi kashira. (Kashira - metal cap which fits on the head of the handle. Fuchi - oval ring encircling base of handle). Matched bird menuki (small ornaments on either side of hilt).On View
Not on view
1600s, with later mountings
800–700 BCE
