Hunting Knife and Scabbard
Arts of the Americas
MEDIUM
Wood, steel, metal
DATES
early 19th century
DIMENSIONS
Knife: 11 in. (28 cm)
Scabbard: 7 13/16 in. (19.8 cm)
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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