sdaaxuunang.uu (Knife)

Metal edged carving tools replaced stone, shell and bone, etc. Bladed tools, rapidly after contact. The advent of metal carving tools is often cited as a major advance for aiding the overall production of Northwest Coast carving, especially of totem poles.

Collected by Barnabas Courtland Freeman between 1893 and 1903.

used in wood carving

Carving knife with a wooden handle and a double edged, triangular shaped, metal blade, bound together with cedar bark. The blade has a wide base, a concaved tip and is inserted into a carved groove in the handle. The handle is a flattened cylindrical shape, slightly concaved and is covered with a lacquer.