Beaded Sheath with Bells, c.1890

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Beaded Sheath with Bells, c.1890
Beaded Sheath with Bells, c.1890
Artifact/Collection Number: 
AC 2002.2_6
Location: 
Shelf 32 Box 4

A leather knife sheath believed to be from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort Hall Reservation in Idaho. The sheath is decorated with leather tassels with bells and intricate bead work in red, green, light blue, yellow, white and dark blue beads. This object was owned by Zatae Longsdorff, class of 1887.

Decade: 
1890-1899
Origin: 
Gift of Enid Straw, 1968 and 1975
Groups and Organizations: 
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
People: 
Longsdorff, Zatae
Subject: 
sheath
bead work
Native Americans
Format: 
Miscellaneous