| Object ID |
T0036 |
| Object Name |
Knife Sheath |
| Description |
Huron Black-dyed Moosehair Knife Sheath;
Medium/Materials: Black-dyed hide, silk binding, porcupine quills, dyed moosehair, horsehair, tin cones.;
Marks: Inside, in black ink: "N. America [underlined] Hide sheath for a knife with good quill work decoration" and on reverse, in black ink: "10 July 1924" and in pencil: "18th century Iroq"; on reverse of sheath, masking tape in ballpoint ink: "t 7.3"; |
| Dimensions |
W-4 L-11 inches |
| Early Date |
1790 |
| Late Date |
1810 |
| Medium |
tin cones |
| Place of Origin |
Lorette, Quebec, Canada |
| People |
Huron/ |
| Provenance |
(1) possibly Harry G. Beasley, Cranmore Ethnographical Museum. Chislehurst, Kent, England.;
(2) Lord Somers of Regate Priory. Great Britain.;
(3) Andre Schoeller. Paris. 1962 (Through Felicia Dialossin, directrice de al Galeri Argile, Paris);
(4) Rene Rasmussen. Paris, France. [1] Primitive art dealer. (Daniel Dubois was an intermediary re: Schoeller letter of 21 January 2000);
(5) Pierre Bovis. San Francisco, California. Brought back to U.S. in 1972 from France.;
(6) George Terasaki. New York, New York. Purchased sometime in 1972. Listed in Sotheby's Sale (1990) 6061, lot 208; not sold; returned to Terasaki.;
(7) Eugene V. Thaw 1990.; |
| Used |
Huron |
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