Haida Dagger - North West Coast Indian

[sabertasche]

Hi all, I was up in the northern part of British Columbia last week on business and had a chance to visit the Northern BC Museum of Aboriginal Art in Prince Rupert BC. The museum is very nice but really lacks decent lables for much of their collection. The dagger in question is only labled as "Dagger" and doesn't indicate which tribe. Still, it is a beautiful blade. To my mind it's Tlingit but this is based only on seeing similar knives in Taylor's book on Native American Weapons.

There was a fair amount of warfare and piracy along the wast coast of BC but saddly there is not much in terms of preserved weaponry.

Enjoy,

Greg

[David]

Nice dagger and i would agree that it could be Tlingit. Certainly a ritual piece. IO doubt it saw any warfare or fighting. Check out this thread:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3134&highlight=Native+American+dagger

[Battara]

I believe Tlingit were the only ones who have a history of these types of daggers - and very rare at that. This one I would put at later but authentic. Thanks for sharing. :)