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Knife Sheath
Knife Sheath
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Knife Sheath

Datec. 1780
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 9 1/4 in. (5.1 × 23.5 cm)
Object numberT0244
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
ProvenanceJames Waste, California; Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, California; Walter Banko, Montreal, Quebec; Jonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, New York
BibliographyButterfield & Butterfield March 18, 1988, lot 4575.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.67.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum, 2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 72.
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