dagger (general & multipurpose); knife (general & multipurpose)

Knife or dagger. The blade is lanceolate with a bevelled cross section and is re-worked from a steel file. The handle is made from whalebone bound with bark and hide strips. Rare and atypical type of Northwest Coast dagger, not well represented in museum collections. The bevelled cross section and use of a file indicate that it is probably Tlingit.

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object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn18577
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 414 mm x 57 mm x 15 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
hide; metal; whale bone; bark
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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