A GREAT LAKES BEADED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH
A GREAT LAKES BEADED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH

细节
A GREAT LAKES BEADED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH
of narrow, tapering form, composed of supple hide and loom-beaded panel at top with zigzag design in red, white, blue and black beads, looped fringes at the side and below in numerous shades of opaque and translucent beads, binding tape along the edges, picot beadwork along top edges
Length: 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.)
来源
Reportedly acquired before 1850 by a San Diego, CA city official during a move from New England to the Southwest.