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SIOUX HUNKAPAPA KNIFE AND CASE LATE 19 th C ( 1880-1890 )

$ 945.12

Availability: 68 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: Very good state.
  • Tribal Affiliation: Sioux
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Culture: Native American: US
  • Origin: South DAKOTA
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available

    Description

    SIOUX HUNKPAPA KNIFE AND CASE
    Sheath in green leather, rawhide covered with tanned skin and beaded on two floors of seedbeads, typical among the
    SIOUX.
    On the upper dark vertical pink and blue. Below a row of pewter cones.
    Below are rows of light blue,red, yellow beads and a row of light blue and blue triangular patterns two pink and dark blue beaded braids ending in pewter cones with red horsehair.
    Traditional milking knife, wooden handle fixed by three large brass rivets.
    Late 19 th century piece.