NW Coast Knife 25

Figure 17. Ring handled daggers. Three daggers of a type usually dating to the last half of the 19th century. Some of these, like the one at the centre, were made from the broken halves of steel bear traps. A frilled design was often carved around the proximal end. Others were made with separate brass ends in imitation of the latter type. (RBCM Ethnology Collection #9876 (West Coast Vancouver Island); #10164 (Fraser River Canyon); #13639 (Interior of B.C.).