"Anthropomorphic Rocket Knife - Canada - Circa 1850"
Anthropomorphic Rocket KnifeIroquois or Huron culture, Great Lakes region, Canada
Circa 1850
Wood, steel and brass
H. 38 ; L 4 cm
Indian knife with thick steel foliated blade, the spindle is made of wood carved in a succession of vertical grooves and ending in an anthropomorphic pommel. The bolster is made of a gilded brass ring.
Bibliography: A similar example is kept at the Musée du Quai Branly.
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