Dagger

Museum number:
2-30949
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1931
Description:
Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.
Donor:
James P. Heath, Phyllis Heath Walker, and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
Freshwater Bay, Chichgof Island, Sitka Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Chichgof Island; Freshwater Bay
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Harold Heath
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1964
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 42 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #52: Fine Arts Patrons of Newport Harbor (December 28, 1967–March 19, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 2-30949, described as Whalebone, with carved device on end of handle, rawhide wrapped handle.

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