Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki
Sculpture from the Collection of George Terasaki
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