From:Te Kūiti Museum and Gallery

Name/TitleBakers "Dagging, Bottle & Skinning Outfit" Leather Holster

About this objectShield shaped Riveted Leather Holster with girth straps and loops on rear for attaching to a saddle.
Custom made for holding a pair of shears (metal tip and buckle on holder), a skinning knife and steel/sharpener (buckled flap over shaped holders) and a 3/4 pint galvanised tin bottle (buckled flap over cylindrical pocket). All implements except the bottle are missing.
Embossed with the Bakers Emu and Kangaroo trademark (introduced around 1901).

MakerW. Jno Baker

Date Madec1920

Place MadeSydney, Australia

Medium and Materialsleather, metal rivets, buckles and bottle

Inscription and MarksEmbosed trademark consisting of a crown, "W Jno Baker, 3 Hunter St, Sydney", a kangaroo and an emu.

Measurements22.0 wide x 35.0 long x 7.0 deep, cm

Object TypeHolsters

Object number2025.2203

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