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THBPocketknife w/ Meteorite Blade, Dinosaur Bone Handle
Lot 123
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Viking, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Nautical, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine / Visual Arts, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Africa, Namibia, fall dates to prehistoric times, meteorite discovered by Captain J.E. Alexander, ca. 1838 CE; North America, Western United States, Mesozoic era, ca. 252 to 66 million years ago. A remarkable knife with a meteorite blade and a fossilized dinosaur bone handle. The fragment of meteorite is cut to reveal the gorgeous iron-nickel graining within - note that the entire tang covered by the handle is also meteorite. The handle panels are carved from "red-cell" dinosaur bone - the bone not just fossilizing into stone but into colorful agate. One side of the blade is stamped with a "crusader" emblem for an unidentified maker. Included with the knife is a thick leather holster. Size of knife: 10" L x 1.5" W (25.4 cm x 3.8 cm); blade: 5" L x 1.25" W (12.7 cm x 3.2 cm); sheath: 10.5" L x 2.25" W (26.7 cm x 5.7 cm)
Forging meteorites is notoriously difficult, and is an uncommon material to work with. Extraterrestrial iron was used by ancient cultures and revered as pieces from the cosmos and usually forged into ceremonial pieces; indeed a meteorite blade was discovered in the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. The Gibeon meteorite is so called due to its impact in Namibia, near the city of Gibeon, in prehistoric times. The Nama people collected the pieces from the meteorite-strewn field for generations, long before the "discovery" and identification of the meteorite in 1838.
Provenance: ex-private Hagar collection, Wildwood, Missouri, USA
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#181532Pre-owned condition. Natural pitting and striations to meteorite. Minor wear and abrasions to bone handle.Condition
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