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A Knife and Cheyenne Beaded Hide Sheath
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
the sheath, sinew sewn in red, green, yellow and light blue against a white lazy-stitched glass beadwork ground, with wedge and hourglass motifs, together with a wood and metal knife, stamped: "J. Russell & Co, Patent Sept. 13 1877."
Provenance
Acquired from Kurt Schindler, Waldkirch, Germany, 1984
Literature
John W. Painter, American Indian Artifacts: The John Painter Collection, 1991, pp. 35 – 36, no. 14, illustrated
John W. Painter, A Window On The Past, Volume Two, 2003, p. 12, no. 69, illustrated