Weapons
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Plains Ojibwa Dag knife with bone handle, 19th Century.
See Attention: Glenbow Museum Letter 3-11-2002. Very fine.
$12,500.00
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Spontoon Pipe Tomahawk
Tear drop eye, tall bowl. File drawn haft. Ten brass tacks; one missing. Similar to spontoon tomahawk #266 in "American Indian Tomahawks" by Harold Peterson. Attributed to Iroquois. Museum no. on stem.
$12,500.00
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Sioux or Cheyenne Bow c. 19th century
An older bow, made of Osage Orange wood. See "Native American Bows" page 124 for a similar example.
50" long$3,400.00
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Sioux Bow Case, c. 1875
A beautiful sioux bow case; quiver and bow case beaded on each end. Beautiful quillwork with vivid colors. Three arrows with metal points and turkey feather fletching. Old museum tag attached. 30 1/2" Ex: Klaus Wojciechowski collection.
$29,500.00
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Blackfeet Tacked Knife Sheath w/ Knife C. 1870
A great tacked knife sheath and knife. The sheath is made from old saddle leather with square brass tacks. The knife is typical high quality frontier manufactured brass buttons and Ferrule clip point blade.
Knife 13 1/4"
Blade 8 1/2"
Sheath 11 1/2" x 3 3/4"
Engraved OE in German script.$12,500.00
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Eastern Plains burl maple gun stock club Circa 1865-70
A very fine gun stock club with upper Missouri type metal blade. Many times found on fighting lances of the period. Incised on gun stock end, both sides serrated on hand grip.
$17,500.00
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Northern Plains Stone hafted stone effigy war club c. 1870
An extremely rare stone war club with a humanoid face on one side and a buffalo face on the other. Buffalo hide covered haft, sinew-sewn with hair drop wrapped in old red trade cloth.
24 1/2 inches long, excluding drop
Face 4 1/8 inches long by 3 1/2 inches wide\$8,500.00
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Southern Plains Lance c. 1870 - 1880
A short fighting lance much different from the normal long buffalo lance and quite scarce. Spanish sword blade used as point, wood probably ash or alder.
Blade wrapped in sinew-sewn buffalo hide, dyed with green ochre. Trace of old ribbon ornamentation.
55 inches long$9,000.00