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This beaded knife sheath was donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1941. It is not known where the rawhide sheath, sewn with sinew, originated. The beaded geometric design has two areas of small cone tinklers, one near the top and the other at the end of the beaded tassel.
Date: Unknown
Item Number: 512887
Call Number: 41.7.7a Dillon donation
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 512887
Collections - Archeology - Ethnographic
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Personal Artifacts
People - American Indians
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
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