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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist
Datec. 1875
MediumLeather with rawhide, glass beads, and tin cone dangles
DimensionsOverall (with fringe): 18 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 1/4 in. (47 × 7 × 0.6 cm)
Overall (without fringe): 10 in. × 2 3/4 in. × 1/4 in. (25.4 × 7 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LineTransferred from the Knox Hall of Natural History, Hamilton College
Object number1984.542
Not on view
Description"Knife sheath, solidly beaded, decorated w/ tin cones and fringed."
Collections
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 in ink on verso: E104 [with strike-through]; in ink on verso: NAPl / 16 [l is lower case L]
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, porcupine quill, dyed horsehair-filled tin cone dangles, and cotton cloth
Object number: 1984.540a-b
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
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
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Unknown artist
Date: unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Unknown artist
Date: c. 1870-75
Medium: Leather with dentalium shells and trade beads
Object number: 1984.456