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Knife sheath
Knife sheath
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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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.).
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).
Inscribed Inscribed on verso in ink: E85 [with strike-through]; on verso in ink: NAPl / 15 [l is lowercase L]
Knife Sheath
Knife Sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
Object number: 1984.542
Knife sheath
Knife sheath
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Belt
Belt
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Peyote Feather Fan
Peyote Feather Fan
Danielle Shenandoah Patterson
Date: late 20th century
Medium: Beads, deerskin, feathers, and paint
Object number: 1995.8
Shirt decoration
Shirt decoration
Date: unknown
Medium: Tanned hide, glass beads, and horse or cow tail
Object number: 1984.553
Fragment of a beaded loop
Fragment of a beaded loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Club
Club
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Awl case
Awl case
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Fragment of a Beaded Loop
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Pipebag
Pipebag
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Club
Club
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, wood, stone, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.547
Photograph by John Bentham.
Woman's Hair Decoration
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456