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Collection: Fenn
Item Number: FCKNFS1105
Category: Knife-Knife Case
Region: Plains
Tribe: Crow
Period: 1850-1875
Materials: Rawhide, paint, glass beads, red wool, buckskin, otter skin, red and blue ocher.
Description: One piece painted rawhide sheath with red wool cloth and sinew sewn beaded decorations around the outside. Two beaded tails each hold charms. A beaded top flap holds the knife secure. The back is plain but covered with red and blue ocher. A thick buckskin belt is stitched threw two slits in the back. Otter skin tabs hang from each side of the top flap.
Dimensions: Length of sheath 12.5 inches total length 16.5 in
References:
Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 36
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