Description: dating: first quarter of the 20th Century provenance: East Asia, Single-edged blade with double groove, metallic ring-nut, cylindrical, wooden, lacquered grip, cap in material of Japanese shakudo type. The scabbard, carved with a horse whip's haft, braided segment with Sanskrit swastika. The whip in braided, leather bands. Probably Japanese. length dagger 37 cm.