Dagger
Category
Metalwork
Date
1902 - 1903
Materials
Copper
Measurements
400 mm (Length)140 mm (W)
Place of origin
White River
Collection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1304018
Summary
One of two copper daggers, the larger with whale tail finials. Associated label - given to M.E. by Copper River Indians, near the headwaters of the White River, Alaska. Winter of 1902/1903. Part of Lord Egerton's collection of ethnographic objects once displayed in the Tenants' Hall.
Provenance
Collected by Lord Egerton in White River, Alaska 1902/1903.
Marks and inscriptions
Associated label - Given to M.E. by Copper River Indians, near the headwaters of the White River, Alsaka, Winter 1902/1903