knife sheath; knife
knife sheath; knife
knife sheath; knife
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Narrow triangular knife sheath of tanned and smoked skin, back longer than front. Metal knife.;;
1780/12/31 C;;
Provenance
(DOCUMENTATION) (from Speyer, via T. Brasser) formerly in the collection of Sir John Caldwell. Caldwell was 5th Baronet, Castle Caldwell, County Fermanagh, Ireland. He served from 1774-1780 during the American Revolution as an officer in the 8th Regiment on Foot. He was stationed briefly at Niagara, then sent to Fort Detroit. Was made a chief of the Ojibwa and given the name Appato, The Runner. Took part in a council at the Shawnee village of Wakeetomike on Jan. 17,1780; and supposedly councilled with Munsee, Delaware, Iroquois, Shawnee, Huron,Illini. A few pieces from his collection are in the Liverpool Mus. and they also have a complete set of color slides of the entire coll. (as does the Horniman Mus.)
Treasures / Tresors. Canadian Museum of Civilization. Canada: NMC and Old Bridge Press. 1988. p 59