Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC8308033

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Plains

Period: 1825-1850

Materials: Steel; wood; brass rivets

Description: Dagger style (double edged) knife blade fitted to a wood handle and secured with six brass rivets. A figure of an Indian shooting a gun has been stamped into the handle. The blade bears the stamp Baldwin Hill and Co., New York Cast Steel.

Dimensions: Length 14.25 inches 36.2 cm

Provenance:

Alexander Gallery
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

Akicita, The Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, May 17, 1983 - July 10, 1983
Splendid Heritage, The Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, February 10, 2009 - March 1, 2010
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wy, May 1, 2010 - October 31, 2010
Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, Mo, Febuary 12, 2010 - April 24, 2010

References:

Warnock, John and Marva Warnock, eds, Splendid Heritage: Perspectives on American Indian Art, University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2009, pp 70

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