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HUNTING KNIFE and its FORK Sami culture
Norway, Sweden, Finland or Russia, late 19th century
Bone, wood, skin and iron
Length with shaft : 31,5 ; Length without shaft : 22 cm
Made of reindeer bone, engraved with four reindeer on one side and a man pulled by a sled on the other.
On one side of the scabbard, a man is on the back of a reindeer, he seems to be carried by a man in a suit with hat and cane.
N° 129 of the exhibition "THE ART OF THE BLADE
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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