Shell Knife
Tlingit
Northwest Coast
collected late 1920s-1945
Purple clam or mussel shell
Overall: 6 9/16 × 2 5/16 in. (16.6 × 5.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer and the Meltzer Gallery
159.1.14299
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Knife
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Axel Rasmussen (about 1887-1945), probably late 1920's-1945; [possibly collected by Earl Stendahl (1887-1966) [dealer], Los Angeles, California]; sold to Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon; sold to Doris Meltzer (1908-1977), Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1959.
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