Knife Sheath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Jun 1992
name: label: Donor Name
content: Florence Evans
notes: label: Notes
content: SHEATH MADE OF TWO PIECES OF PARTIALLY TANNED DEER SKIN STITCHED TOGETHER ON TWO SIDES. FRONT IS COMPLETELY DECORATED WITH BEADWORK, BACKGROUND OF LAZY STITCHED OPAQUE GREASY YELLOW GLASS SEED BEADS WITH LAZY STITCHED PIN WHEEL, SQUARE CROSS, AND TRIANGLE OR TIPI DESIGNS (HAIL 1980: 56) IN DARK BLUE, CLEAR ON RED, AND PEARL WHITE GLASS SEED BEADS. EDGE BEADING (IBID: 60) IN CLEAR ON RED AND GREASY YELLOW GLASS SEED BEADS ON FRONT LIP OF SHEATH. 21 CM LONG DEER SKIN FLAT FRINGE STITCHED INTO BOTTOM SEAM OF SHEATH, WITH 10 EXTANT STRANDS AND 1 STRAND TORN OFF 1 CM BELOW SEAM ON FAR RIGHT EDGE. TEAR ON SECOND FROM RIGHT FRINGE 1 CM BELOW SEAM. 32 CM LONG TANNED SKIN HANDLE TIED TO SHEATH AT SIDES. OVERALL CONDITION OF SKIN VERY BRITTLE. TWO HOLES ON BOTTOM OF BACK SIDE (.5 CM AND .75 CM IN DIAMETER). ASSOCIATED WITH PARFLECHE IN CATALOG NO. E425948. ACCORDING TO DONOR'S WILL, THIS OBJECT BELONGED TO CHIEF SITTING BULL.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jan 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Lakota
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 380523
label: USNM Number
content: E425949-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Knife Sheath
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 60 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm