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Northern Plain Bone Knife & Parfleche Bead Sheath

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:25.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 600.00 USD
Northern Plain Bone Knife & Parfleche Bead Sheath
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The lot features a Sioux Native American Indian style beaded parfleche sheath with a bone handle trade knife. The trade knife has a wonderful one piece bone handle, with ornamental stippling, and red mineral ocher dye painted into the recessed accents. The sheath shows an Indian tanned hide with a parfleche interior sleeve, and a yellow ocher mineral dye finish. The glass trade seed beadwork includes semi-translucent blue, Cheyenne pink, red white heart, green, corn yellow, and robin egg blue. The age of both pieces is unknown. The riker case in which the set comes in measures 18" x 7" x 2 1/4".