1880s ORGINAL 6 COLOR BEADED AMERICAN PLAINS LARGE INDIAN SHEATH+SKINNING KNIFE

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1880s ORGINAL 6 COLOR BEADED AMERICAN PLAINS LARGE INDIAN SHEATH+SKINNING KNIFE
1880s ORGINAL 6 COLOR BEADED AMERICAN PLAINS LARGE INDIAN SHEATH+SKINNING KNIFE
ANTIQUE ORGINAL 6 COLOR BEADED AMERICAN PLAINS
LARGE INDIAN SHEATH WITH TIN CONES AND HORSEHAIR TASSLES
CIRCA 1880’s ~ WITH LARGE MAKER MARKED SKINNING KNIFE
This is an authentic American Plains Indian 6 color beaded sheath on Indian tanned elk hide, circa 1880’s. This large knife sheath is 10” long x 3 3/8 wide. The beaded panel was hand sewn on to a piece of elk hide that acts as the inside front backing, done with long stitches made with double strands of thin cord and also sewn to the back side separate elk hide panel. The bottom 1/3 of the sheath edge is also wrapped in sinew thread. With close examination with a jeweler’s loupe, these sinew stitches can be seen to have multiple striations that look lines miniature strands of thread. The front is fully beaded in 6 colors, decorated in mostly triangular patterns in white, green, orange, red, light blue and dark blue beads. The bottom half of the sheath has a border in red, white, and blue beading. Note these early style seed beads and are of uneven dimension and size. On the top edge with double strands of green beads, there is one very small area where about 6 beads are missing; but you can see the sinew thread used to attach the beads to the front panel of the sheath. Other than this small area of about 6 beads missing, all the other beads are intact. The top hanging loop is a simple strip of leather. The sides of the sheath originally had 8 decorative small tin cones with horsehair tassels; two at the top, four at the mid center sides, and two at the lower sheath edges. Note one of the 4 center tin cones has become unattached, but is intact, and
could easily be reattached. Also,
one top cone is missing the horsehair tassel.
This handmade knife is 11 1/2” overall with a thin 6 ½” flexible blade made for skinning, with a 2 5/8” sharpened top edge. Weight is 4.7 ounces. The hardwood hilt appears to be walnut, with a slit halfway from the ricasso backwards to secure the half tang of the blade that is secured with a large German silver rivet. The ricasso has 2 stylized z shaped German silver brackets that act as  ferrule and are inlaid into the handle; and each is secured with 2 German silver rivets. The hand forged blade is hot stamped, VILLAGE BLACKSMITH, WATERTOWN, WIS. Note that the knife is circa 1907-1920 and is a later date than the sheath. The Village Blacksmith Co. had been operating in Milwaukee, Wisc. from the time of its founding in 1894. Two years after the organization was launched it became the Washington Cutlery Co., using the brand, “Village Blacksmith” on its products. The firm moved to Watertown, Wisc. in 1907. The term “Village Blacksmith” was selected because it was felt to be a fitting description of the forged, hand-wrought products. From 1907 to 1920 the factory operated under the title Washington Cutlery until 1920, when the corporate name was changed to Village Blacksmith Folks. Note that these old, beaded sheaths have probably sheathed several different knives in its lifetime; and American Indians would put any old knife in any old sheath. This could have been an early 1900’s trade knife as trade knives tend to be bigger and more functional such as dressing game and skinning hides; or, assembled with the sheath at a later date. Overall, in untouched, as found condition decades ago, and this knife has been with this sheath for many decades.
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