Shell Knife

Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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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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