Knife

45-15-942A

From: Great Plains (Plain)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 45-15-942A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Plains Indian
Provenience Great Plains (Plain)
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Steel | Horn (animal part) | Wood
Description

Steel blade, horn guard, wooden haft wrapped with thong. Buckskin sheath beaded with green-blue-red stars on yellow field. Line of piercings indicate lost fringe. Poorly made.

Length 21 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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