EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXV. 



Copper and Steel Daggers with Sheaths of Buckskin and Moose Hide. 



Fig. 104. Dagger. Steel blade; cedar- wood handle, showing method of attach- 

 ment. Cat. No. 74264, U. S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Sitka, Alaska. 

 Collected by John J. McLean. 



Fig. 105. Dagger. Steel blade; carved wooden handle, representing an Indian 

 chief sitting. (Sheath of moose hide to the left.) Cat. No. 74362, U. 

 S. N. M. Tlingit Indians, Sitka, Alaska. Collected by John J. McLean. 



Fig. 106. Dagger. Steel blade; carved cedar-wood handle. Cat. No. 76463, U. S. 

 N. M. Tlingit Indians, Sitka, Alaska. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 107. Double-bladed Dagger. With copper mountings; Tlingit type. Prob- 

 ably acquired by Copper River Indians through trade. Fig. 107e is 

 buckskin sheath with neck-strap. Fig. 107d is the sheath for the short 

 blade. Cat. No. 88702, U. S. N. M. Atna or Copper River Indians 

 (Athapaskan stock), Alaska. Collected by James G. Swan. 



Fig. 108. Dagger. Of copper; double-headed; primitive type; elaborately chased 

 and inlaid with abalone shell. Cat. No. 89020, U. S. N. M. Haida In- 

 dians, Skidegate, Queen Charlotte Islands British Columbia. Col- 

 lected by James G. Swan. 



