knife sheath
knife sheath
knife sheath
Knife sheath with quill work design on front.
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Made of smoked deer hide, quills, bird and porcupine, pony beads, dye: red, yellow
Sheath formed of two pieces of hide sewn together, decoration made by wrapping two splints (bark?) with dyed porcupine quills and interweaving other quills to form diamond shapes, overcast stitching, beaded edging, neck straps are double folded porcupine quill around sinew,
Neck strap is still attached which is quite rare
Early 18th or early 19th century
Provenance
transferred from the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland
About This GRASAC Record
Unknown artist, knife sheath. Currently at National Museums Scotland, A.1956.664. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip December 2007 in which the author took part; GRASAC item id 25872.
9 Apr 2007 Ruth Phillips, On-site researchers: Cory Willmott, Heidi Bohaker, Laura Peers, Ruth Phillips, Keith Jamieson, Alan Corbiere, Henrietta Lidchi, Robert Storrie, Chantal Knowles, Brenda McGoff