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Lot 20

Sale 6422 - Native American Art
Sep 25, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$3,000 - 5,000
Price Realized
$5,760
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Lot Description

Anishinaabe Loom-Beaded Knife Sheath, with Knife, Exhibited and Published
mid-19th century

thread and sinew-sewn; hide body covered with panel beaded in colors of cobalt, rose, yellow, medium blue, and white; delicate beaded tassels hang along outer edge; knife fabricated from a file

overall length 18 inches x width 3 inches

Exhibited:
January 17, 1990 - April 21, 1992. Plains Indian Museum, Buffalo Bill Historical Society, Cody, Wyoming

Published:
A Window on the Past, Vol. 2. (Painter 2003: 9, fig.66)

Ex Johnathan Holstein, Cazenovia, NY
Ex John W. Painter Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio

The Emily T. and Adolphus Andrews Collection of Native American Art

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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