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Datec. 1875
MediumRawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 1/4 in. (26.7 × 8.9 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.541
Not on view
Description"Knife sheath, partially beaded, tack decorated. Slotted."
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Additional Details
Exhibition History
2011
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Clinton, NY (Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College). "Learning to Look: Hamilton's Cabinets, Galleries and Museums Past, Present and Future," September 15 - December 16, 2011 (no cat.).
Provenance
1984: Hamilton College (Emerson Gallery), by transfer from the Anthropology Department;
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
by 1979 - 1984: Hamilton College (Anthropology Department), by transfer from the Knox Hall of Natural History;
by 1925: Hamilton College (Knox Hall of Natural History), by gift from an unknown donor (research pending).
Inscribed
Inscribed on verso in ink: E85 [with strike-through]; on verso in ink: NAPl / 15 [l is lowercase L]
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Date: date unknown
Medium: Wood, black and red pigment, shells or seeds, feathers, gum or resin
Object number: 2023.10.49
Jeffrey Gibson
Date: 2015
Medium: Glass and plastic beads, tin cones, steel and brass studs, nylon fringe, and artificial sinew on repurposed wool army blanket, mounted on repurposed canvas punching bag with steel chain
Object number: 2016.5
Date: 20th century
Medium: Glass beads, metal washers, brass US millitary button, cotton, thread
Object number: 2024.3.7
Danielle Shenandoah Patterson
Date: late 20th century
Medium: Beads, deerskin, feathers, and paint
Object number: 1995.8
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538