Knife Sheath
45-15-930
From: United States of America | South Dakota
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-15-930 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Oglala |
| Provenience | United States of America | South Dakota |
| Culture Area | Great Plains Culture Area |
| Date Made | 1800-1899 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Rawhide | Buckskin | Bead |
| Description | Rawhide covered with buckskin, fully beaded on both sides. The face is light blue ground, the upper part two pairs of tipis connected by diamond figure, red with white doors. Lower field has red and yellow diamonds and navy stars. Reverse has red ground, upper part divided green and yellow triangles, lower part converging green stripes, light blue stars and joined triangles. |
| Length | 25 cm |
| Width | 7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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