Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki

Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki

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TLINGIT DAGGER

Auction Closed

November 19, 09:20 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

TLINGIT DAGGER


Circa 1860-1880

Length: 15 ¼ in (38.7 cm)

Copper, abalone shell (Haliotis iris), tanned hide

Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, June 19-20, 1980, lot 180

Possibly Merton D. Simpson, New York

George Terasaki, New York

A very rare display of engraved and relief-worked copper in a dagger pommel. The eyes are inlaid with shell. This is not in the style of the 1898 period copper daggers, but is rather an apparently unique example that most likely pre-dates that time by several decades.


Steven C. Brown