Dagger
NA1287A
From: United States of America | Alaska | Klukwan (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA1287A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Klukwan (uncertain) |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Locus | Klukwan Kaagwaantaan Clan? | Klukwan Dagisdinaa Clan? |
Section | American |
Materials | Copper | Caribou Hide | Fur | Abalone Shell | Musk Ox Horn | Wood |
Description | Dagger made from copper. The blade has two longitudinal grooves on either side of a center line- a result of a reinforcing rib of copper added to strengthen the blade. The hilt is an extension of the blade and of the same copper wrapped with a caribou hide strip. The pommel is made from musk-ox horn with fur around the back and edges and represents a bear. The bear's eyes are inlaid with abalone shell and bands of copper cover the lips, eyebrows, and nostrils, each secured with tiny copper nails. A plate at the base of the blade is also made from musk-ox horn and is held in place with copper rivets. |
Length | 52.5 cm |
Width | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
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