HUNTING KNIFE and its SHEATH

Sami culture, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Russia

First half of the 20th century

Antler, wood, skin and iron

Long. total: 19; Long. blade: 8.8 cm

Hunting knife with a straight blade, a antler handle punctuated by six thin wooden rings and a scabbard made of two curved, tapered, riveted antler plates, engraved with friezes of geometric patterns and openwork stars on one side.

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