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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin; glass
Catalogue Number
104.10.0006
Description
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath …
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Title
Knife Sheath
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
skin; glass
Dimensions
12.0 x 29.0 cm
Description
A simply shaped sheath for a knife with a leather strap to hang the sheath from a belt. The sheath is decorated with beadwork in a band along the top edge composed of blue, green, red, yellow and black crosses on white background. Another band of beadwork follows the rounded shape of the sheath with a pattern of coloured diagonal stripes on a white background. There is an attached tie-shaped decorative flap of leather that has a beaded floral design at the centre and is trimmed with beads along the edges.
Subject
Indigenous, Blackfoot
households
clothing
decorative
beadwork
tourism
trading
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.10.0006
Images
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