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A SIOUX BEADED AND FRINGED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH AND KNIFE
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in green, white-heart red, two shades of blue and steel beads against a yellow beaded ground, with three concentric triangles and two cross motifs, a band of small squares at top, fine fringe; a bone handled knife enclosed, decorated with an incised horse on one side, arrow-like motifs on the other
Lengths: the knife sheath, 7¾ in. (19.8 cm.); the knife, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) (2)
of usual form, sinew sewn and lane-stitched in green, white-heart red, two shades of blue and steel beads against a yellow beaded ground, with three concentric triangles and two cross motifs, a band of small squares at top, fine fringe; a bone handled knife enclosed, decorated with an incised horse on one side, arrow-like motifs on the other
Lengths: the knife sheath, 7¾ in. (19.8 cm.); the knife, 7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) (2)