^Lot 4587 PLAINS INDIAN BEADED KNIFE SHEATH & KNIFE.

9.25" x 2.75", sinew sewn, full coverage with pink & green beads on red ground. Pewter mounted hunter/skinner knife 10.5" overall, 6.5" unmarked blade, inset pewter star in wood grip. This knife & sheath from the Floyd Ritter collection is pictured on page 3 of John Baldwin's 1997 text "EARLY KNIVES & BEADED SCABBARDS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER". CONDITION: very good overall, small loss of beads, old sharpening to blade. PROVENANCE: From the Lifelong Collection of Glen E. Mattox. (02-18351/JS). $600-800.