Knife sheath

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Culture/People: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)
Presenter/funding source: Viking Fund, Incorporated (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.), 1941-

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source in 1948 using funds donated by the Viking Fund, Inc. (The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Inc.).
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Place: South Dakota; USA (inferred)

See related items: Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux); Personal items

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/968
Barcode: 210968.000

Object Type: Personal items

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

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6e7891407-cba3-4e85-a4b6-865e887c531a

Record ID: NMAI_225328