Classic Period Beaded Knife Sheath, circa 1870 21963 Woven of native handspun wool

Woven of native handspun wool in natural fleece colors of white/ivory with aniline dyed orange yellow and black

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Classic Period Beaded Knife Sheath, circa 1870 21963 Woven of native handspun woolA Classic Period (Pre Reservation era) knife sheath. Constructed of Native tanned hide and partially beaded with blue, white and yellow trade beads. There is red trade cloth along the edge and the hide is rubbed in red ochre. Two hide drops are edge beaded. Sheath measures 4 inches wide x 20 inches in total length (12 inches sheath + 7 inch suspension) The Crow, or Apsalooke, originally lived in the Great Lakes region in the Ohio Territory and moved