Tlingit Fighting
Pick
In September 2003,
Sealaska Heritage Institute received an object believed to be an old
Tlingit fighting pick discovered in the early 1950s in the village of
Kake. The pick was found by Lloyd Davis during a construction project
and later presented to SHI by Davis' son, John Davis. The artifact is
made of stone, measures 16 inches in length and weighs about 5 pounds.
SHI is trying to determine the age of the artifact and the type of stone
used. Two theories have emerged about the object’s potential historical
use...(more)
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