Dagger Sheath

Object Number:	42-30-263B
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Provenience:	Arabian Peninsula
Section:	Near Eastern
Materials:	Steel Silver Wood
Technique:	Inscribed
Credit Line:	Gift of Mrs. Morgan Wing on behalf of the Estate of Florence C. Whitney, 1942
Other Number:	405 - Collector Number

Description

Wooden sheath completely covered with silver; decoration similar to that on hilt includes also animals; and, on one side, openwork bands of crosshatching, three tiny rings on each side originally held turquoises, only two of which remain; tip of sheath missing (found in knife cabinet 7/63 D.C.S