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Object Number
30-69-10/K52
Display Title
Knife and Sheath
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Wooden handle knife with lead inlay encased in sheath, beaded strip at side
Classification
- Sheath
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
North Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
North America / United States / South Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms
Standing Rock Agency
Materials
Leather, Glass, Wood, Metal, Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 3.5 x 1.7 cm (12 3/16 x 1 3/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
K52
Provenance
Collector
James McLaughlin
(1883 ca. (?))
Intermediary
Mary T. Hemenway
(1883 ca.)
Donor
Old South Church of Boston
(1930)
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