DAGGER, PRESENTATION

Description: 1. DAGGER: DARK WOOD HANDLE, ENGRAVED BY HAND ON BOTH SIDES. BRASS HILT WITH DECORATIVE KNOB AT EITHER SIDE. STEEL BLADE STAMPED WITH "INDIA". 2. SCABBARD: 20.4CM (L) X 3.8CM (W). WOOD SCABBARD, HAND-ENGRAVED WITH SIMILAR PATTERN AS DAGGER HANDLE. BRASS TIP, FERRULE, AND FASTENING ARM, WHICH FITS INTO DAGGER HILT. WOOD STAINED AND VARNISHED.

History: SOUVENIR FROM MISSIONARY UNCLE IN INDIA. CEREMONIAL *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A BELT BUCKLE DONATED BY AGNES BAINES (NEE GIBSON). LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH INDICATES THAT BAINES WAS BORN ON 20 JANUARY 1912 IN CARSTAIRS, ALBERTA. HER SIBLINGS WERE MILDRED BOS, JEAN MORGAN (D. 2000 IN EDMONTON, AB), ROBERT GIBSON, AND A BROTHER WHO PASSED AWAY AS AN INFANT. SHE MARRIED AL BAINES ON 31 DECEMBER 1941. BAINES’ OBITUARY STATES THAT THE COUPLE RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1945 ONWARDS. SHE PASSED AWAY ON 3 AUGUST 1999 AT THE AGE OF 87 YEARS. HER HUSBAND, AL BAINES, WAS BORN IN LUNDBRECK, ALBERTA IN 1909. ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH, HIS FATHER CAME TO THE AREA IN 1903 TO PUT A NEW RAIL LINE OVER THE FRANK SLIDE IN THE CROWSNEST PASS, ALBERTA. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE DONOR’S NEXT OF KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.