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Sioux Knife Sheath with Knife

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art / Art - Bead Work Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:900.00 - 1,400.00 USD
Sioux Knife Sheath with Knife
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Beaded knife sheath, 6" long with an additional 7" beaded drop terminating in dyed feather-stuffed tin-cones. Bead handle is detached at one end. The back of the sheath is made from recycled parfleche and has painted decorations inside. Classic Sioux designs and colors. Unmarked knife is 9 1/2" overall.

Provenance: John “Jack” H. Hawes (1877-1950) Collection, to descendants, to current owner.
Includes copy of signed letter from consignor attesting to the collection history and its acquisition.

Jack Hawes (1877-1950)
John H. Hawes was a travelling salesman out of Alliance, Nebraska. Employed first by Freemont Saddlery, which became Harpham Brothers Saddlery and Harness, Jack’s sales territory was comprised of historic cowboy and Indian areas, where he collected artifacts primarily between the 1890s and 1930s.