Object Number | 70-9-441 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | North America |
Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Rawhide | Pigment | Buckskin | Cotton | Bone |
Description | Made of one piece of leather rolled around to make a cylinder and sewed shut up the side. The bottom is closed by a round flap of leather sewn around the edges. Top also has a lid. There is a strap on the side of the case for hanging. All the edges are fringed. There is a design on the case painted in blue, green, yellow, red and dark brown. Inside the case is a bird skull stuffed with cloth and much deteriorated. |
Height | 47 cm |
Width | 17 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Samuel Pennypacker, 1970 |
Other Number | 4 - Other Number |
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