Copper Pommel

Photographer: MacDonald, George F.
Description

War knife with copper pommel fashioned into a face with abalone inlay. The dorsal fin on the top of the head may indicate that this is an undersea chief or supernatural being associated with orcas or whales.

Physical location
Unknown
Keywords
Tlingit
Abalone
Copper
Dagger
pommel
warfare
weapon
Genre
Photographs
Type of resource
Still Image
Part of
George and Joanne MacDonald Northwest Coast Image Archive
Identifier
warobjects289
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Terms of use
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Copyright owner(s)

© George F. MacDonald.

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