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KNIFE and its SCABBARD
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 made of a single-edged steel blade and a wooden spindle decorated with six upholstery nails on both sides.
The scabbard is made of hide decorated with rosettes of upholstery nails and openworked in a rectangular shape on the upper part so that it can be worn at the waist.
Bibliography:
A similar example is reproduced in the book Early Knives and Beaded Sheaths of the American Frontier by John Baldwin.
Illustrative photograph: True West archives.
Text and photos © FCP CORIDON
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