Haida Dagger - North West Coast Indian

sabertasche · 2nd May 2007, 02:59 AM

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 · 2nd May 2007, 03:21 AM

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/showth...merican+dagger

Battara · 3rd May 2007, 01:18 AM

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.

2nd May 2007, 02:59 AM	#1
sabertasche Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 149	Haida Dagger - North West Coast Indian 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 Attached Images

2nd May 2007, 03:21 AM	#2
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,250	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/showth...merican+dagger

3rd May 2007, 01:18 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,342	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.