Sale 8558
New York, Park Avenue
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5 December 1996
Price realised
USD 2,185
Estimate
A PLAINS BEADED HIDE KNIFE AND SHEATH Sinew sewn in white, three shades of blue and translucent red on a pink beaded ground, with a pair of linked stepped diamondS surmounting three rows of angular designs and two small crosses, striped border in yellow, green, translucent blue and green beads along the rim; knife with wood handle and hooked steel blade The sheath: 8¾in. (22.2cm.); the knife: 8¾in. (22.2cm.) long
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