Scabbard

Museum number:
2-65896
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Accession number:
Acc.3709
Description:
For knife; fully beaded over buckskin; glass seed beads, blue ground with red and yellow triangles and rectangles in front, varicolored geometric designs on back; four pendant strands of gold-col. and faceted blue beads with tubular metal wraps and tinklers from sides; 2 bone pipe beads, 2 large colored Venetian beads and two purple beads behind flap.
Donor:
George Bangle and Mrs. George Bangle
Collection place:
Ouray Agency, Uintah County, Utah
Verbatim coll. place:
Utah; Ouray Agency
Culture or time period:
Ute
Collector:
John McAndrews
Collection date:
ca. 1884-1892
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scabbards
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 26.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scabbard, accession number 2-65896, described as For knife; fully beaded over buckskin; glass seed beads, blue ground with red and yellow triangles and rectangles in front, varicolored geometric designs on back; four pendant strands of gold-col. and faceted blue beads with tubular metal wraps and tinklers from sides; 2 bone pipe beads, 2 large colored Venetian beads and two purple beads behind flap.

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