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
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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
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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
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measurements: Overall: 3.8 x 4.8 cm (1 1/2 x 1 7/8 in.); Blade: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
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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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