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Case for awl or paint stick--rawhide tube with beadwork
Object Number 40-39-10/19376
Display Title Case for awl or paint stick--rawhide tube with beadwork
Descriptions
Object Description Case for awl or paint stick--rawhide tube with beadwork in blue, red, yellow on white; handle, skin wrapped with orange porcupine quills; 2 red horse hair tassels
Inventory Description Case for awl or paint stick, yellow, blue, red on white beads, orange quill exte
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Leather, Glass, Porcupine quill, Brass, Horsehair
Dimensions Overall: 25 x 3.9 x 2.2 cm (9 13/16 x 1 9/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 40-39-10/19376
Provenance
Collector Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1872-1902)
Donor Mr. Patrick T. Jackson (1940)
Donor Mr. Ernest T. Jackson (1940)

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