Knife and Case

Unknown Artist

ca. 1870

Knife and Case by Unknown Artist

Medium

Native-tanned skin, rawhide, glass, porcupine quill, wood, metal

Dimensions

Knife: H. 9 x L. 1 in. (22.9 x 2.5 cm) Case: H. 9 x L. 2 3/4 in. (22.9 x 7 cm)

Classification

Metal-Implements|Hide-Costumes

Culture

Assiniboine or Gros Ventre

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Ralph T. Coe Collection, Gift of Ralph T. Coe Foundation for the Arts, 2011

Accession Number

2011.154.187a, b

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