KNIFE and its SHEATH - Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains, America - 19th century

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KNIFE and its SHEATH - Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains, America - 19th century

Name: KNIFE and its SHEATH - Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains, America - 19th century
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: O64IZQYYCQ
Price: 780 EUR
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780 €

Period 19th century

Style Other style

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KNIFE and its SCABBARD
Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains, America
19th century
Hide, wood, steel and upholstery nails
Total length: 34.2 cm
Knife length: 32.2 cm
(one nail missing)

Knife made of a single-edged steel blade and a wooden spindle decorated with six upholstery nails on both sides.
The scabbard is made of hide decorated with rosettes of upholstery nails and openworked in a rectangular shape on the upper part so that it can be worn at the waist.

Bibliography:
A similar example is reproduced in the book Early Knives and Beaded Sheaths of the American Frontier by John Baldwin.

Illustrative photograph: True West archives.

Ref.: 5031

Ref: O64IZQYYCQ

Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	Other style (Swords, Bladed weapons of Other style Style)
Period	19th century (Swords, Bladed weapons 19th century)
Country of origin	United States