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Dagger

Datec. 1890
DimensionsOverall: 23 × 3 1/2 × 1/2 in. (58.4 × 8.9 × 1.3 cm)
Object numberT0553
Credit LineLoan from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe dagger pommel depicts the head of a shark or dogfish as seen from underneath. Copper daggers were ceremonial, functioning as objects of status and prestige.
Provenancede Menil Collection, Houston, Texas; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York City; Stefan Edlis, Chicago, Illinois
BibliographySotheby Parke Bernet. Sale 4291, 26 October 1979, lot 360.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.373.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 414.
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