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Object Number 985-27-10/59569
Display Title Pawnee gun case.
Descriptions
Object Description Pawnee gun case. Made from leather. Beaded area at each end. White designs w/ red outline on dark blue ground. 127x15 cm.
Inventory Description Gun case, beaded red, white and blue bands on leather case, fringed
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th Century
Culture
  • Pawnee
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Nebraska
Dimensions Overall: 124 x 15 x 0.4 cm (48 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 985-27-10/59569; 24836
Provenance
Collector William Radcliff Morris (1878-1893)
Owner The Man Who Left His Enemy Lying in the Water
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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