Dagger

Object Number: | 42-30-39 |
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Current Location: | Collections Storage |
Culture: | Tlingit |
Provenience: | United States of America Alaska Dry Bay |
Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section: | American |
Materials: | Metal Wood Cloth Hide Abalone |
Length: | 48.5 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width: | 4.9 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
Other Number: | 465 - Other Number |
Description
Double-edged blade tapering to point. Flattened medial ridge on one face. Wooden grip, wound with cloth and leather string, ends in carved bear's head with abalone shell inlay.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Weapons and Defense (27 Oct 1951 - 06 Jan 1952) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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