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Knife Sheath
possibly Mohawk
Eastern Great Lakes
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