A CHEYENNE OR ARAPAHO BEADED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH
A CHEYENNE OR ARAPAHO BEADED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH

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A CHEYENNE OR ARAPAHO BEADED HIDE KNIFE SHEATH
of usual form, stitched with sinew in yellow, black, white-heart red, translucent red and green beads against a white beaded ground, the front, top panel decorated with a pair of lane-stitched stepped triangles, three eagles worked in a modified lane-stitch below, fringe tassel with coiled beadwork attached at bottom
Length: 10¼ in. (26 cm.) excluding tassel

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