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A katana is a sword with a curved blade longer than 60 cm fitted with an uchigatana-style mounting and worn in a waist sash with the cutting edge facing up.
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Title: Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana)
Date: blade, 17th century; mounting, 19th century
Geography: Oita
Culture: Japanese
Medium: Steel, wood, lacquer, sharkskin (samé), thread,copper-gold alloy (shakudō), abalone shell, iron
Dimensions: L. 37 11/16 in. (95.7 cm); L. of blade 34 15/16 in. (88.8 cm); L. of cutting edge 26 9/16 in. (67.5 cm); D. of curvature 3/8 in. (0.9 cm)
Classification: Swords
Credit Line: Gift of Dr. George M. Lefferts, 1910
Object Number: 10.187.39a, b
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