Dagger (gwálaa)
Tlingit, Northwest Coast
collected about 1887
Wood, steel, cord, leather, and abalone shell
Overall: 2 5/8 × 15 9/16 × 1 1/16 in. (6.7 × 39.5 × 2.7 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Acquired by exchange from the Museum of the American Indian, New York, New York
55.6.13252
Geography/Culture
North America, United States
Period
19th century
Object Name
Armament
Classification
Native American
Native American: Northwest Coast
Not on view
Course History
NAS 37, ANTH 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Spring 2015
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2015
NAS 37, ANTH 47, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Winter 2014
ANTH 3, Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Sienna Craig, Summer 2013
NAS 37, Alaska: American Dreams and Native Realities, Sergei Kan, Medeia Krisztina C. DeHass, Spring 2013
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Winter 2013
NAS 10, ANTH 4, Peoples and Cultures of Native North America, Sergei Kan, Spring 2012
Exhibition History
The Art of the Northwest Coast, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 25/Native American Studies 49, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 25-May 18, 2003.
Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Peoples and Cultures of the Northwest Coast and Arctic Regions, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 22-October 14, 1990.
Anthropology of Religion, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 48, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-May 2, 2004.
Publication History
[Northern, Tamara]. "Native American Art". Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, page 12 . (Published in conjunctionwith Gutman Gallery opening exhibition)
Provenance
Collected by George T. Emmons (1852-1945), Tongass, Alaska, about 1887; Museum of the American Indian (no. 9310), New York, New York; received in an exchange to the present collection, 1955.
Old Number
Museum of the American Indian: #9310
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