Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCDAG1095

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Blackfoot

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Steel, wood, copper

Description: Two piece metal blade with wooden haft held together with six copper rivets. Baldwin Hill hallmark poorly stamped on the blade.

Dimensions: Length 14.5 inches

Provenance:

Found in a cave in northern Montana (in 1936) in a broken rawhide sheath, which was discarded.

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 33

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