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ProvenanceLikely given as a presentation piece given to James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, Governor-General of Canada, during his residency 1847-1854; descended in the Elgin family to the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine of Kincardine, Dunfermline, Scotland in 1990
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.171.
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
Red River Metis
Knife Sheath
Date1847-1854
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/4 × 4 in. (33.7 × 10.2 cm)
Object numberT0093
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor, NYC
Label TextThis knife sheath shares the same shape as the Anishinaabe (Red River Ojibwa) example (c.f. fig. XX T88a,b), but instead of geometric woven quillwork it is decorated with the delicate floral quillwork that was characteristic of the Red River Metis. It never held a knife and appears to have never been used. (From the Catalog of the Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, 2nd ed.)ProvenanceLikely given as a presentation piece given to James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine, Governor-General of Canada, during his residency 1847-1854; descended in the Elgin family to the 11th Earl of Elgin and the 15th Earl of Kincardine of Kincardine, Dunfermline, Scotland in 1990
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.171.
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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