Knife sheath
- Date created
- circa 1900
- Culture/People
- probably Minnesota Chippewa [White Earth, Minnesota] (attributed)
- Collector
- James R. Daniels (James Robinson Daniels), Non-Indian, 1905-1961
- Previous owner
- James R. Daniels (James Robinson Daniels), Non-Indian, 1905-1961
- Patricia Seaman Daniels (Patricia S. Daniels), Non-Indian, 1920-2004
- Donor
- Patricia Seaman Daniels (Patricia S. Daniels), Non-Indian, 1920-2004
- Collection History
- Received as a gift from tribal members by James R. Daniels (1905-1961, a New York newspaperman) in 1913 or 1914 when his father, Charles Cleaves Daniels (1864-1951), was a U.S. attorney appointed to protect the interests of the White Earth Chippewa; inherited by James Daniels' s wife Patricia Seaman Daniels (1920-2004); donated to NMAI by Patricia Seaman Daniels in 1993.
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- Place
- White Earth Reservation; Mahnomen County, Becker County, Clearwater County; Minnesota; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Minnesota Chippewa [White Earth, Minnesota]
- Personal items
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 25/3894
- Barcode
- 253894.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Knife sheath
- Media/Materials
- Glass bead/beads, wool cloth, wool yarn
- Techniques
- Overlay beadwork, stitched, strung, tasseled
- Dimensions
- 33 x 14.5 x 0.3 cm
- Record ID
- NMAI_269597