Wood with carefully detailed incised patterning on both sides. One side of blade has a replica of a totem pole; other side has a landscape marked "Mt Vesta"; "Alaska" incised on both sides of handle.
Donor:
Mrs. Lewis Summers
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Clement M. Summers
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Totem poles
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters and length 82.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1986-1987 #28: SFO Museum (June 4, 1987–August 26, 1987)