File:Clevelandart 1916.719.jpg
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editDagger (Gwálaa)
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Fighting Knife |
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plate armor / militaria  |
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| Description |
After Europeans introduced firearms, the native dagger gradually transformed from a weapon into a status symbol worn in a sheath that hung around the neck. That is probably the case with these daggers which have elaborately carved hilts. One depicts a grotesque head surmounted by a fish, perhaps a salmon, and the other shows a bear's head over a supine human. |
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| Date | 1825 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Steel. leather, cord, and horn inlaid with abalone shell | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Overall: 2.5 x 6 cm (1 x 2 3/8 in.); Blade: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Art of the Americas |
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| Accession number |
1916.719 |
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| Place of creation | Northwest Coast, Tlingit, 19th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Gift of J. H. Wade | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.719 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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