Sheath

Museum number:
2-59555
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Accession number:
Acc.3282
Description:
Made of red cedar. Two oblong halves bound together with cedarbark cordage, cloth wrapped around wider end. Insert at opposite end may not belong.
Donor:
Mrs. Bernice Wetterwik
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
Louis Levy
Collection date:
1879-1947
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Knife sheath ?
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Sheath, accession number 2-59555, described as Made of red cedar. Two oblong halves bound together with cedarbark cordage, cloth wrapped around wider end. Insert at opposite end may not belong.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sheath, accession number 2-59555, described as Made of red cedar. Two oblong halves bound together with cedarbark cordage, cloth wrapped around wider end. Insert at opposite end may not belong.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sheath, accession number 2-59555, described as Made of red cedar. Two oblong halves bound together with cedarbark cordage, cloth wrapped around wider end. Insert at opposite end may not belong.

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