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ProvenanceKenneth Canfield, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.117.
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. 138.
Knife and Knife Sheath
Date1890-1910
DimensionsOverall (Sheath Only): 4 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (11.4 × 44.5 cm)
Overall (With Knife in Sheath): 4 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (11.4 × 49.5 cm)
Object numberT0319a-b
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThree small thunderbirds with upturned wings rise skyward along the beaded edge of this knife sheath. The woman who made this knife sheath for her husband incorporated the image of thunderbirds, the great spirit beings of the Sky world, because they relate to the realm of the warrior.
ProvenanceKenneth Canfield, Santa Fe, New Mexico
BibliographyVincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.117.
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. 138.
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