Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCDAG1804

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Unknown

Tribe: Unknown

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Iron, sheep horn, copper

Description: Hudson Bay dag with a two-piece mountain sheep horn haft that is held by four copper rivets near the blade and an iron rivet at the end. A median ridge runs down both sides of the blade.

Dimensions: Length 11.75 inches

Provenance:

Tad Dale from a collection in England.

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 33

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