Crooked Knife

Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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Traditional

Alder wood, steel, and leather

Overall: 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Doris Meltzer

163.22.15107

Geography

Place Made: Klukwan, United States, North America

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Knife

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Provenance

Belonged to Chief Mike Kadannaha (Kadonaha) (1830-1930), Klukwan, Alaska; collected by Axel Rasmussen, in the 1920's and 1930's [until his death in 1945]; Earl Stendahl; to Doris Meltzer, Meltzer Gallery, New York; given to present collection, 1963.

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