Dagger (1800s): Art, History and Details
Dagger at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1800s, metal. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Dagger (1800s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This is a typical 19th-century double-edge short sword. The image of bats was chosen to decorate the brass mount because of their association with the idea of longevity and happiness.
Object facts
- Title: Dagger
- Date: 1800s
- Type: Arms and Armor
- Technique: metal
- Dimensions: Overall: 38.1 cm (15 in.); Hilt: 6.4 cm (2 1/2 in.); Scabbard: 42.5 cm (16 3/4 in.)
- Collection: Korean Art
- Department: Korean Art
- Accession number: 1995.246.a
A detail from the museum
This double-edged short sword is a typical 19th-century example.
Collection credit
Gift of The Honorable Joseph P. Carroll and Roberta Carroll, M.D.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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