Knife And Sheath - Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains - 19th Century

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Object description :

"Knife And Sheath - Blackfoot Indians, Great Plains - 19th Century"

Knife and Sheath
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 comprising a single-edged steel blade and a wooden spindle decorated with six tapissier nails on both sides.
The leather scabbard is decorated with rosettes of tapissier nails and has a rectangular openwork design at the top so that it can be worn at the waist.

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

Illustration photograph: True West archives.

Text and photos © FCP CORIDON

Reference : 5031

Price: 780 €