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Object Number 18-11-10/87321
Display Title Knife sheath, beaded
Descriptions
Object Description Beaded knife sheath
Inventory Description Knife sheath, blue, yellow, red and geometric designs, quill tassels
Classification
  • Sheath
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota
Dimensions Overall: 52.5 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm (20 11/16 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87321
Provenance
Collector Unknown (1893 ca.)
Donor William DeForest Thomson (1918)

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