Knife

86-38-1

From: Northwest Coast

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 86-38-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Northwest Coast
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Copper | Spruce Root | Pigment
Description

Sheet copper object imitating a Northwest Coast dagger, pointed at one end and oval at the other, with basketwork covering the handle between the two. Crude engraved designs depict a killer whale or whale on oval end, and on the point end a thunderbird, a sea monster and a killer whale.

Length 47 cm
Credit Line Gift of Sharon Stirling, 1986

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