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Two High Plains Beaded Leather Knife Sheaths
Estimate:
$300 - $400
Sold
$375
Timed Auction
Closing February 17th, 2022 l Art Collector Discovery Featuring Indigenous Art
Category
Description
Late 19th century: comprising a hard leather cover for a Bowie style knife, one side covered with sinew-tied seed beads, 10 3/4 in. L., 3 1/2 in. W.; and a narrow bag of soft deerskin, covered on both sides with sinew-tied seed beads, and with several laces, 8 1/2 in. L. excluding fringe and laces.
Condition
The larger sheath is missing almost all of a leather fringe. The smaller has some areas of bead loss, with a hole on one side
Provenance
From the collection of Col. William H. Love, late 19th century (served in 9th Minn. Vols. in Civil War), and descended in his family.
