id: 97063 accession number: 1916.720 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.720 updated: 2022-04-02 09:00:07.666000 Fighting Knife, late 1800s-early 1900s. Northwest Coast, Tlingit, 19th century. Steel, leather, cord, and walrus ivory inlaid with abalone shell; overall: 3.8 x 4.8 cm (1 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.); blade: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of J. H. Wade 1916.720 title: Fighting Knife title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: late 1800s-early 1900s creation date earliest: 1825 creation date latest: 1850 current location: 231 Native North American creditline: Gift of J. H. Wade copyright: --- culture: Northwest Coast, Tlingit, 19th century technique: steel, leather, cord, and walrus ivory inlaid with abalone shell department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Native North America type: Arms and Armor find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 3.8 x 4.8 cm (1 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.); Blade: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.720/1916.720_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.720/1916.720_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1916.720/1916.720_full.tif