Sujet
Knife with metal trade blade set into a hilt made from half a bears pow
Légende
Knife with metal trade blade set into a hilt made from half a bears pow, The sheath is decorated with dyed bird quills, which were used earlier than porcupine quills.Although referred to as a scalping knife, this type of knife also served many more utilitarian purposes. USA. Plains Indian, Blackfoot.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/ Museum fur Volkerkunde, Berlin
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A33_182
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
29,0Mo (1,1Mo) / 30,5cm x 23,8cm / 3602 x 2812 (300dpi)