Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCKNFS181

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Northeast

Tribe: Mesquakie

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Leather, brass tacks, tin cones, buckskin, glass beads

Description: Folded one-piece commercial leather sheath with a front beaded wrapp around leather collar at the throat. Tin cones hanging from buckskin thongs and brass tacks decorate the front.

Dimensions: Height 11.5 inches width 3.75 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Lawrence K. Devlin while he worked on the construction crew building Ft. Assinniboine

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