Basketmaker style obsidian blade knife C1704

This Basketmaker style shaped knife (southern US culture) is of Native American inspiration.
I knapped a blade out of an opaque black obsidian from America, called Mahogany. My choice is made on obsidian, because it is a rock that was very much used by Native American.
I engraved and painted the handle with red and black ochre, it is in juniper and a deerskin strap is attached. I use this wood because I appreciate it for its smell and its fine grain. Moreover it is a wood present in America which was surely used by the Basketmakers.
The obsidian blade is attached to its handle with a prehistoric glue, essentially made of resin and a deer tendon ligature coated with tendon glue.
The case, fringed, is made with rawhide covered with deerskin.
Anita chose to decorate it with some bone and jasper beads.

I wanted to create an already lived aspect to this piece by applying the usual patina, while making sure that it remains light.
Light, because I wanted to give the appearance of a piece that would have lived only a few years with its owner.