Materials

Buckskin, rawhide, steel, multi-colored beads.

Techniques or Format

Appears as though it's made from a folded piece of buckskin (unclear if the material was cut to fit a general set of dimensions or if it was cut to fit a specific knife or kind of knife). Beads stitched on by hand, with the metal added last.

Motifs and Patterns

The beads (red, white, blue and green) are sewn on in a highly irregular pattern, which may or may not have been intentional. Beads seem to follow a vague motif but the stitching changes directions twice, colors change abruptly (blue to green, lighter red to darker red), so the bead work is not precise.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm

Condition: A few loose stitches and the flap where the knife would have gone has been sewn shut, but it is in generally good condition.

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Similar-looking objects date to anywhere between 1850 and 1900.

Current Location: Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA, USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: P2210

GKS Reference Number: 851