Knife sheath

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Date created: 1880-1895

Culture/People: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
Previous owner: Charles W. Hutchinson (Charles Webster Hutchinson), Non-Indian, 1826-1896

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Charles W. Hutchinson (1826-1896, a Utica, New York, banker, railroad owner, and collector); purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1930.
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Place: Plains; USA, Canada (inferred)

See related items: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne); Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 17/6073
Barcode: 176073.000

Object Type: Personal items

Object Name: Knife sheath
Media/Materials: Hide, glass bead/beads, porcupine quills
Techniques: Loom beadwork , quill-wrapped (flat)

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61f9ab199-30a0-4208-a9e1-d4722057c8b7

Record ID: NMAI_188544