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Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceHarry G. Beasley Collection, Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, Chislehurst, Kent, England; A. Cooper, England; Donald William Stuart Donald, London, England; Alan S. Cook, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England; Sotheby's, New York 1992, lot 118; Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographySotheby's. 12 June 1992, Sale 6297, lot 188.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.43.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, Somogy editions d'Art, 1999, p. 69, fig. 55.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.175.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 78.
Murdock, Michelle, ed. 50 at 20: Masterpieces of American Indian Art from the Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, Fenimore Art Museum, 2015, p. 17.
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. 189.
Culture
Anishinaabe (Red River Ojibwa)
Knife and Sheath
Datec. 1830
MediumKnife: steel, African buffalo horn, brass and bone fittings, Sheath: hide, porcupine quills, sinew
DimensionsOverall (Sheath): 14 × 4 1/2 × 3/4 in. (35.6 × 11.4 × 1.9 cm)
Overall (Knife): 14 × 2 3/4 × 1/2 in. (35.6 × 7 × 1.3 cm)
Object numberT0088a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextSteel knives of this type, with hand-carved horn or bone handles, were manufactured in England or Scotland for the western Canadian fur trade during the early 19th century. The sheath is decorated with loom-woven quillwork. The set may have been used as a presentation piece for an important Native customer of the Hudson’s Bay company.Exhibition History"Art Des Indiens D'Amerique Du Nord Dans La Collection D'Eugene Thaw," Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, Somogy Editions D'Art, January 21, 2000 - March 18, 2000.
"Art of the American Indian: The Thaw Collection," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, March 2, 2010 - May 30, 2010; Minneapolis Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN, October 24, 2010 - January 9, 2011; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, April 24, 2011 - September 23, 2011; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN, December 4, 2011 - February 12, 2012.
ProvenanceHarry G. Beasley Collection, Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, Chislehurst, Kent, England; A. Cooper, England; Donald William Stuart Donald, London, England; Alan S. Cook, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England; Sotheby's, New York 1992, lot 118; Taylor A. Dale, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographySotheby's. 12 June 1992, Sale 6297, lot 188.
Vincent, Gilbert T. Masterpieces of American Indian Art. New York: Harry Abrams, 1995, p.43.
Perriot, Francoise, and Slim Batteux, trans. Arts des Indiens d'Amerique du Nord: Dans la Collection d'Eugene et Clare Thaw. Paris, Somogy editions d'Art, 1999, p. 69, fig. 55.
Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.175.
Fognell, Eva, ed. Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, NY: Fenimore Art Museum, 2010, p. 78.
Murdock, Michelle, ed. 50 at 20: Masterpieces of American Indian Art from the Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, Fenimore Art Museum, 2015, p. 17.
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. 189.
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