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Knife Sheath

possibly Mohawk
Eastern Great Lakes

18th century

porcupine quills, birch bark, tanned hide, metal cones, animal hair, hemp

height: 8"

Inventory # W1625e

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PROVENANCE

Collected by Charles Alston Messiter, F.R.G.S., D.S.O., (1841-1920) of Barwick House, Barwick, on one of his travels of 1862, 1866 or 1874 to North America.
Descended through the family in Barwick House until 1969.
Sotheby's, New York, April 24, 1992 (the Messiter Collection, lot 288)
Lee Lyon Collection, Aspen, Colorado

RELATED EXAMPLE

National Museum of Man, Ottawa, NMM III-I-1323, (Speyer Collection) - See: "Bo'jou, Neejee!", Brasser, National Museum of Man, 1976, plate 69