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Maker(s):Anonymous
Culture:Native American; Tlingit?
Title:Dagger Handle
Date Made:n.d.
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:carved ivory
Place Made:Canada; British Columbia; Northern British Columbian Coast; Southern Alaska
Measurements:length: 5 3/4 in.; 14.605 cm
Accession Number:  SC 1960.133
Credit Line:Gift of Charlotte Heussy McAllister, class of 1930
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
Carved walrus ivory tusk handle shows a bird (possibly Thunderbird) at top, with a crouched bear and another bird below. A metal (iron or steel traded with Europeans or washed up onshore from shipwrecks, native copper, or European copper) blade would likely be attached to the handle. AP2018

Tags:
daggers

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