^Lot 4592 NATIVE AMERICAN PLAINS INDIAN DOUBLE SIDE BEADED

KNIFE SHEATH & KNIFE. 10" x 3", sinew & thread sewn sheath, full coverage on both sides, blue ground one side and white other. Pewter mounted hunter/skinner knife 10.5" overall, 6" blade with etched maker: "GOODELL'S STAR HUNTER, PAT. OCT. 6 1869". This knife & sheath from the Floyd Ritter collection & pictured on page 3 of John Baldwin's 1997 text "EARLY KNIVES & BEADED SCABBARDS OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER". Condition: good overall, scattered loss of beads on edges PROVENANCE: From the Lifelong Collection of Glen E. Mattox. (02-18361/JS). $600-800.