Knife Sheath

45-15-931

From: Dakotas

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-931
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Sioux
Provenience Dakotas
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Rawhide | Buckskin | Bead
Description

Rawhide, covered with buckskin, fully beaded on both sides. Face with green ground: upper part design two red tipis joined by their tops to a broad red bar. Lower part design marginal and pyramidal central red triangles conturning yellow blocks. Reverse, white ground, upper part with identical design, with navy tipis. Lower section: navy tipis with red door and central figure compounded of four such tipis.

Length 25.5 cm
Width 8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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