Knife Sheath

45-15-914B

From: Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-914B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Piegan | Blackfeet
Provenience Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Hide | Brass
Description

Knife handle with leaf plate and on opposite side carved with row of four angular horse shoes colored red. Sheath with broad lateral extension cut for belt and studded with eight rows of brass tacks. Ten rows on face at top.

Length 39.5 cm
Width 14 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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