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Lot 41
Assiniboine Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath
Sale 930 - Native American Art, Session I
Sep 17, 2021
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$1,250
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Lot Description
Assiniboine Beaded Buffalo Hide Knife Sheath
fourth quarter 19th century
thread and sinew-sewn on thick hide, with fringe along one one edge accented by tin cones; banded design in colors of red white-heart, red, greasy yellow, translucent, white, translucent burgundy, and translucent teal
length 11-1/4 inches
Collected by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred A Farley (1849-1906) of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (later the Royal Canadian Artillery) near Battleford, Saskatchewan.