Details
| Artist | Tlingit, Native American |
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| Title |
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| Date | 20th century |
| Medium | steel, moose skin, wood and brass |
| Dimensions | Overall: 31 1/4 × 3 × 1 1/2 inches (79.4 × 7.6 × 3.8 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift of Frederick Stearns |
| Accession Number | 99.5B24 |
| Department | Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas |
| Not On View |
Provenance
between 1871-1895, acquired by Frederick Stearns (1831-1907; Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1907-present, bequest to the Detroit Museum of Art (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Wardwell, Allen. Yakutat South Indian Art of the Northwest Coast. Exh. cat., Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, 1964, p. 51, no. 114 (knife only, ill., handle "in the form of a seal," "Acquired from the Chilkat.")