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Originally Posted by colin henshaw
The carved head is a bit like that to be found on some North West Coast USA/Canada daggers (Tlingit).
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Interesting idea Colin, though i believe stylistically the Tlingit pommels are carved a bit differently. The rest of the hilt doesn't really look Tlingit and you very rarely see a cross guard on such daggers, especially one like this. Sorry that these images are so small Detlef, but they are all i could find on line. I think these my more likely represent bear, than dog in the Tlingit culture, which genetically are really just much larger dogs (canines).
