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Knife Sheath
| Object Number: | 40-33-73B |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Finnish Lapp |
| Provenience: | Northern Scandinavia |
| Culture Area: | Russia |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Ivory Saddle Leather |
| Technique: | Etched |
| Iconography: | Reindeer Wolf |
| Credit Line: | Gift of William Hinckle Smith, 1940 |
Description
Steel knife blade with ivory handle, etched. Sheath of ivory, carved in two pieces, joining along the face of the blde; held together by broad band of saddle leather; etched conventional design and openwork on one face. Reindeer and wolf on other face.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Arctic Art (06 Dec 1957 - 30 Mar 1958) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] 1957. Arctic Art.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg 9, #240 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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