This Spanish Colonial Bolo sword has a horn handle with the top shaped into an eagle head. Four rivets attached the handle to the steel blade. At the top of the blade, on one side, is a stamp embossed with two letters, only the second letter being clear with that being an “A”. The blade […]
This Spanish Colonial sword has a horn handle with three rivets securing the blade. The upper portion of the sword has a stamp adjacent to the letter “R”, then a large set up initials “AC” done in an outline form. A thin line goes along the top of the blade on both sides. The horn […]
This is a beautiful sword and highly engraved with Spanish words and simple engravings. The horned handle tops with a horses head complete with facial features. Four rivets attached the horn to the top of the blade. The blade is decorated on each side with initials, symbols and words. The steel surface is pitted with […]
The top of the horn cup is wrapped in thick hide (3 3/4″ wide), looking and feeling like buffalo. The hide is fringed at the top with a row of light blue beads, followed by two rows of yellow beads. The design has a geometric layout in white, green deep blue and red with white […]
This hunting bag was made with early commercial hide. I would date this to the second half of the 19th century. It has one opening within the hide and then a second bag opening for holding game where the crochet netting is. The netting appears to have been woven with linen. There is a shoulder […]
