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Ixti'ku gwal'aa (Emanciated Shaman dagger)

Ixti'ku gwal'aa (Emanciated Shaman dagger)

ca. 1770

Iron, copper, and buckskin
21 3/8 x 4 1/8 x 1/8 in. (54.3 x 10.48 x 0.3 cm)
Gift of John H. Hauberg
91.1.75
location
Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, The Box of Daylight, September 15, 1983 - January 8, 1984
Published ReferencesThe Spirit Within: Northwest Coast Native Art from the John H. Hauberg Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1995, pg. 42

Torrence, Gaylord, et al. Art of Native America: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection. Exh. Cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018; p.50, reproduced fig.25 [not in exhibition].

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