Oglala, Lakota, Sioux. Knife Sheath, Part of War Outfit, late 19th–early 20th century. Rawhide, pigment, beads, nails, 13 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (34.3 x 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 26.788. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 26.788_PS1.jpg)
Oglala, Lakota, Sioux. Knife Sheath, Part of War Outfit, late 19th–early 20th century. Rawhide, pigment, beads, nails, 13 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (34.3 x 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 26.788. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.26.788.jpg)
Knife Sheath, Part of War Outfit
Arts of the Americas
CULTURES
Oglala, Lakota, Sioux or Crow
MEDIUM
Rawhide, pigment, beads, nails
DATES
late 19th–early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
13 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (34.3 x 11.4 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER
26.788
CREDIT LINE
Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Sheath for a large knife of rawhide partly painted red with beaded decoration in white, orchid, blues, red and yellow. The sheath is also studded with a few nails along the edge. A triangle is cut out from the hide on one side. This is part of the group purchased as belonging to Red Cloud.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Oglala, Lakota, Sioux. Knife Sheath, Part of War Outfit, late 19th–early 20th century. Rawhide, pigment, beads, nails, 13 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (34.3 x 11.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 26.788. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 26.788_PS1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 26.788_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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