| Catalog Number |
CAS 0539-0003 |
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| Category |
Bead & Leatherwork; Tools & Implements |
| Object Name |
Sheath |
| Culture |
Cheyenne, Lakota Sioux |
| Global Region |
North America |
| Country |
USA |
| State/Prov./Dist. |
unknown |
| County |
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| Other Geographic
Data |
Central Plains area |
| Maker's Name |
Unknown |
| Date of Manufacture |
early 1900s |
| Collection Name |
N/A |
| Materials |
Animal hide; Muslin; Glass beads; Sinew; Thread; Beads |
| Description |
Single piece of hide stitched on one side to form sheath; Hide handle affixed at mouth; Edge-beading in rose at mouth; Vertical lazy stitch beading at top of two triangles in yellow and green joined at apices to form hour glass figure; Figure is edged in blue; Two rows on either side alternate lanes of rose and blue; Below vertical beading, horizontal lazy stitch beading of three similar hour glass motifs; Outer figures in rose and green with yellow and green interior boxes; Inner figure is yellow edged in rose with green box; Fringe extends below sheath. |
| Dimensions (cm) |
Width = 9.5, Thickness = 1.0, Length = 26.7 |