Sheath

Museum number:
2-71334
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4445
Description:
Knife sheath. Front is a curved piece of birch-bark covered with maroon felt, back is a flat piece of paper covered with buckskin, green cotton twill tape around upper edge and for handle, geometric design on front using multicolored glass seed beads outlined with white, two-bead edge. Handsewn.
Donor:
Allen Maret
Collection place:
Northeast woodlands, Northeastern United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; North America
Culture or time period:
Eastern Woodland tribes
Collector:
Allen Maret
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Knife sheath.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23.7 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sheath, accession number 2-71334, described as Knife sheath. Front is a curved piece of birch-bark covered with maroon felt, back is a flat piece of paper covered with buckskin, green cotton twill tape around upper edge and for handle, geometric design on front using multicolored glass seed beads outlined with white, two-bead edge. Handsewn.

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