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SIOUX QUILLED KNIFE SHEATH & KNIFE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:600.00 - 800.00 USD
SIOUX QUILLED KNIFE SHEATH & KNIFE.

9.5” x 2.75”, sinew & thread sewn, rawhide lined, soft tanned cover with full coverage dyed quill design.
Knife is 12.5” overall with 7” double edged dagger blade, pewter bolster, sculpted maple grip. This knife & sheath from the Floyd Ritter collection is pictured on page 3 of John Baldwin’s 1997 text “EARLY KNIVES & BEADED SCABBARDS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER”.
CONDITION: very good overall, sound, some losses to quill work. PROVENANCE: From the Lifelong Collection of Glen E. Mattox. (02-18354/JS). $600-800.