Knife/Dagger with thunderbird effigy (Image withheld)
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- Date created
- 1800-1900
- Culture/People
- Tlingit [Sitka]
- Collector
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Previous owner
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Seller
- George Thornton Emmons (George T. Emmons/G.T. Emmons), Non-Indian, 1852-1945
- Collection History
- Collected by Lieutenant George T. Emmons (1852-1945, US Navy 1881-1899) at an unknown date; purchased by George Heye from George T. Emmons in 1906.
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- Place
- Sitka; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
- Archipelago
- Alexander Archipelago
- Island Name
- Baranof Island
- See related items
- Tlingit [Sitka]
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 9311
- Barcode
- 009311.000
- Object Type
- Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare
- Object Name
- Knife/Dagger with thunderbird effigy (Image withheld)
- Media/Materials
- Iron blade, wood, abalone/haliotis shell, cordage
- Techniques
- Carved, inlaid, wrapped
- Dimensions
- 53 x 9 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_9566