Sami culture, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Russia
First half of the 20th century
Antler, wood, skin and iron
Total length: 18 ; Blade length: 8.5 cm
Straight-bladed hunting knife with wooden spindle and scabbard consisting of two curved, tapering antler plates, riveted together and decorated on one side with an animated scene engraved in a fillet cartouche, depicting a man smoking a pipe in a sleigh pulled by a reindeer, followed by a dog.
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