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Hunting Knife and Scabbard

Arts of the Americas

CULTURE Seminole
MEDIUM Wood, steel, metal
DATES early 19th century
DIMENSIONS Knife: 11 in. (28 cm) Scabbard: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 50.67.102a-b
CREDIT LINE Henry L. Batterman Fund and the Frank Sherman Benson Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1848, provenance not yet documented; by 1848, acquired by Nathan Sturges Jarvis; 1848, gift of Nathan Sturges Jarvis to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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