Knife Sheath

45-15-915B

From: Montana

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 45-15-915B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Piegan | Blackfeet
Provenience Montana
Culture Area Great Plains Culture Area
Section American
Materials Leather | Pigment | Bead
Description

Knife with a long straight blade. Handle carved bone, broken and repaired by rawhide wrapping. Sheath, leather painted red, beaded series of triangles, light and dark blue, white, yellow, pink and green. Edge is ripped.

Length 26.5 cm
Width 10 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945

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