Collection: Warnock

Item Number: WC9508009

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Plains

Period: 1850-1875 - ca. 1850

Materials: Native tanned buffalo hide; buffalo rawhide; glass seed and pony beads, tin cones, sinew sewn.

Description: Rare matching ensemble consisting of a knife case and a belt pouch with an elongated triangular front flap, both fitted on the original hide belt.

Dimensions: Length (belt) 76 inches 193cm, (pouch) 13.25 inches 33 cm, (knife case) 10 inches 25 cm.

Provenance:

Mike Walsh, Chicago, Illinois
Epic Fine Arts Co./Masco Corp.

Exhibitions:

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 30

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