An iron bladed knife carved from the horn of a bighorn sheep and inlaid with iridescent abalone shell
Title

An iron bladed knife carved from the horn of a bighorn sheep and inlaid with iridescent abalone shell

Caption

An iron bladed knife carved from the horn of a bighorn sheep and inlaid with iridescent abalone shell, The carving is a representation of the bear totem. Northwest Coast of America. Tsimshian/Tlingit. possibly mid 19th c Annette Island, Alaska.

Info+

Werner Forman Archive/ Private Collection

Date

Oct 04, 2010

Credit line

Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman

Reference

UMG12A29_481

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

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28,5Mb (1,0Mb) / 7,9in x 14,1in / 2362 x 4224 (300dpi)

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