Sheath
63-9-1B
From: South Africa
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 63-9-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Zulu (uncertain) |
| Provenience | South Africa |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Leather | Cowrie Shells | Beads (uncertain) |
| Description | Leather sheath completely covered with black, yellow, white beads. From point to inner rim of sheath (string at latter end of sheath now broken) is a string of black, blue, white, green, brownish, and clearish beads with 14 pendent cowrie shells. |
| Length | 17.5 cm |
| Width | 4 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of George F. Johnson, 1963 |
| Other Number | 63-13-2 - Old Museum Number |
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