Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCKNFS234

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Sioux

Period: 1850-1875

Materials: Rawhide, native tanned buckskin, dyed quills.

Description: Rawhide covered with soft buckskin that is quilled in red and blue stripes across the top and floral designs below. The top and outside of the case is trimmed with quill stitching.

Dimensions: Length 9.5 inches width 2.5 inches

Provenance:

Gary Spratt

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 24

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