1973.80.3.1B (Sheath)

(A) Blade attached to black fiber handle with four brass rivets. Knife blade has rectangular glued-on label "Busquese La Estampa Collins & Co. Hartford," etc. "Hecho en Guatemala". Blade has an accompanying sheath. (B) Hand tooled leather sheath made by Sojo in Turrialba, Costa Rica, a leathersmith. Leather strip at top front with two rows of five each grommets. Three split rivets above them. Leather strip with long tapered thong doubled through it and extending to between top of sheath and its fringe. Braided leather thongs at sides of top strip ending in four long thongs each side. Front of sheath elaborately tooled and imprinted "Costa Rica, Turrialba". Sheath stitched down center back. Belt loop at top, four split grommets. .a machete .b sheath Color: BR,TN,BK