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Steel dagger with sheeth. From North America 19th CE. This type of steel dagger, known as a beaver-tail knife or stabber, was used by the Métis (of mixed European and Native descent) and Blackfoot. They were imported through the fur trade, for instance from Sorby, a firm of Sheffield cutlers, to the Northern Plains. The handle of this example is decorated with cartridge butts. L. 36 cm. Inv. ET AM,1949,22.134.b(&Others).
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British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART343355
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Public
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3600px × 2565px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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19th century CE
Dagger
European (Colonial)
Metis
Plains Native Americans
Steel