Classic Period Beaded Knife Sheath, circa 1870 21963 whiteheart red

whiteheart red

The semi abstract composition depicts two women in the foreground

Northern Plains painted drum

MCMXXXIV J

Signed by the artist

Classic Period Beaded Knife Sheath, circa 1870 21963 whiteheart redA 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