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Copper knife; with orca's head on handle
Object Number 04-10-10/62987
Display Title Copper knife; with orca's head on handle
Descriptions
Object Description Copper knife; with orca's head on handle. Hilt surmounted by hollow copper face with shell inlays in eyes, ears and forehead. Wood hilt bound with fiber. Concave blade. Width of handle decoration: 13.5 cm. Made for market.
Inventory Description Knife, copper blade, anthropomorphic handle, wood shaft wrapped in leather
Classification
  • Knife
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Copper, Abalone, Leather, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 52.5 x 13.5 x 3.1 cm (20 11/16 x 5 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-10-10/62987
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1904)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1904)

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