Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCKNFS17

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Arapaho

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Leather, glass beads, tin, buckskin, copper, sinew

Description: One-piece commercial leather case with profuse geometric bead decorations on the front. Tin cones hang from the chest and the midsection of the beaded drop. The seam is sewn with sinew and two large copper rings hold the buckskin belt loop in place. The brown back has cross checkering that was incised with a sharp instrument. The knife is not marked and has pewter inlays.

Dimensions: Case length 10.5 inches including the beaded drop

Provenance:

Mystic Warriors

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