ANTIQUE PLAINS INDIAN SIOUX BEADED BUFFALO JAWBONE TRADE KNIFE WITH SHEATH

Antique Plains Indian Sioux Beaded Buffalo Jawbone Trade Knife with Sheath. featuring a distinctive buffalo jawbone handle and accompanying beaded parfleche sheath. The knife features a heavy, hand-forged iron Bowie-style blade with visible hammer marks, secured to the jawbone handle with poured lead or pewter. The handle retains two buffalo teeth and is accented with dark navy blue trade cloth, red and chalk-white glass seed beadwork, and buffalo hide with natural fur. The accompanying rawhide parfleche sheath features pictorial beadwork depicting five buffalo track motifs in cobalt blue and red against a chalk-white background, accented with brass-covered metal tacks Ref: BD1315

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