Dagger Sheath

NA8488B

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain) | Klukwan (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8488B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka (uncertain) | Klukwan (uncertain)
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Klukwan Dagisdinaa Clan | Thunder House
Section American
Materials Hide
Description

Dagger sheath made from hide, bound at one end. The opening is rolled back over itself and then sewn to the rest of the sheath on one side only. A hide carrying strap is attached at the opening. Sewn up the length along one edge.

Length 34 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918

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