Knife Sheath
42-30-53B
From: Canada | Great Slave Lake
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 42-30-53B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Cree |
| Provenience | Canada | Great Slave Lake |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Steel | Bone | Leather | Brass |
| Description | Single-edged steel blade rounded to point. Wide tang inserted in two-piece bone grip ornamented with long, deeply cut notches. Rivets. Leather sheath with eight rows of brass nail heads across the top and with five rows (some of four rows and a few of six rows) around side. |
| Length | 28.85 cm |
| Width | 13.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942 |
| Other Number | 131 - Collector Number |
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