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North American Knives & Swords
![Lot of Six Vintage Pocket Knives: Lot of six vintage pocket knives. 1) Measures 1.5", single blade, SALM, Abalone exterior. 2) Measures 2", Schrade old timer 3 blade. Rusty blade. 3) Measures 3", single blade Buck 379. 4) Measures 3",](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7135/325611/176310428_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716514712)
![Mexican Bowie Knife w/ Tooled Leather Scabbard: North America, Mexico, ca. mid-20th century CE. A forged-steel Mexican Bowie knife with a form-fitting leather scabbard covered in tooled motifs. The elongated blade features a pair of quillons above](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331947/179080819_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717191351)
![Apache San Carlos Skinning Knife ca 1885: Apache Skinning knife ca 1885 collected from trading post in Safford AZ in 1977. From San Carlos Indian Reservation, this is the real deal. Measures 9.5" long. Domestic shipping $9.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/7135/325611/176379428_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716514712)
![REVOLUTIONARY WAR FASCINE KNIFE: Type used in the Revolution by Colonial troops who fashioned shooting blinds to fire on British troops in formation. Iron, 15 1/2” length with hook form blade struck with a serpentine maker’s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982432_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![Inuit Bone Harpoon Head & Steel Fishing Hook: Native American, Northwestern United States, Alaska, or Canada, Inuit / Aleut people, ca. late 19th to mid-20th century CE. A pair of fishing and hunting tools made from bone, iron, stone, and copper.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526145_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![Alaskan Ulu Knives, Walrus Ivory, Bone, Antler & Steel: Native American, Northwest Coast United States, Alaska, Inuit / Athabascan, ca. mid-20th to 21st century CE. A group of 3 ulu knives made from steel, bone, antler, and walrus ivory. The largest is the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178526153_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
News about North American Knives & Swords
![Christopher Cardozo’s artisanal reproduction of Curtis’ ‘North American Indian’ set for Santa Fe Art Auction April 10](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/175021646_1_x.jpeg)
Christopher Cardozo’s artisanal reproduction of Curtis’ ‘North American Indian’ set for Santa Fe Art Auction April 10
SANTA FE, N.M. — Christopher Cardozo (1948-2021) was the world’s leading expert on Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), whose The North American Indian was the first scholarly presentation documenting and preserving information about Native Americans. Cardozo’s collection of photogravures — plus an artist’s proof copy of his exhaustive reissue of Curtis’ work — will appear at […]
![Complete copy of ‘The North American Indian’ by Edward S. Curtis comes to Hindman Nov. 9](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/163286730_8_x.webp)
Complete copy of ‘The North American Indian’ by Edward S. Curtis comes to Hindman Nov. 9
CHICAGO – Hindman will offer a complete copy of Edward S. Curtis’ seminal The North American Indian as part of an auction of Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection on Thursday, November 9. The catalog is now available for bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Curtis’ The North American Indian was one of the most ambitious and […]
![Met exhibition features Karl Bodmer’s Native North American portraits](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/8.-Upsichtä-Mandan-Man-1.jpg)
Met exhibition features Karl Bodmer’s Native North American portraits
NEW YORK – Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits, an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from April 5 through July 25, 2021, will present a compelling visual response to Native North America through watercolors created in the 1830s by the Swiss draftsman Karl Bodmer (1809–1893). Bodmer was one of the most accomplished […]
![North American history explored at Swann auction Sept. 24](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FEATcllmjnmgabcmmmhl.jpg)
North American history explored at Swann auction Sept. 24
NEW YORK – Covering a period of nearly five centuries, printed and manuscript Americana will cross the auction block at Swann Galleries on Thursday, Sept. 24. This auction is exceptionally varied in content and subjects covered, from colonialism and the Westward expansion of the United States, to presidential material and firsthand accounts by ordinary people of important historical moments. Bid […]