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Artist/Maker
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
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, Native American, Plains
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, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with rawhide, glass beads, and sinew
Object number: 1984.543
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Rawhide with brass tacks, glass seed beads, and red paint
Object number: 1984.541
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather, porcupine quill, feathers, tin cones, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.535
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with sinew, porcupine quill, yarn, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.533
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with glass beads, metal, and coin
Object number: 1984.538
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Tanned leather, sinew, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.532
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather and glass beads
Object number: 1984.536
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather with beads
Object number: 1984.1.1a-b
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Leather with brass tacks, glass beads, sinew, and thread
Object number: 1984.539
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: c. 1875
Medium: Stone, wood, leather, and glass beads
Object number: 1984.544
Unknown artist, Native American, Plains
Date: date unknown
Medium: Leather; blue and white glass beads
Object number: 1984.537