Knife sheath
Object Details
- Culture/People
- Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
- Previous owner
- John Jay White, Non-Indian, 1860-1923
- Lender
- John Jay White, Non-Indian, 1860-1923
- Donor
- Grace Hoffman White (Virginia Grace Hoffman/Mrs. John Jay White), Non-Indian, 1862-1937
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Jay White (1860-1923, a New York City banker and collector of Indian objects); lent to MAI by Mr. White in 1921; donated to MAI by his widow, Grace Hoffman White (Virginia Grace Hoffman, 1862-1937), in 1925.
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- Date created
- 1875-1900
- Catalog Number
- 10/4394
- Barcode
- 104394.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Knife sheath
- Media/Materials
- Rawhide, hide thong/babiche
- Techniques
- Stitched
- Place
- Lame Deer, Northern Cheyenne Reservation; Rosebud County; Montana; USA
- See related items
- Northern Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
- Personal items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_111903
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6aab6d764-50f5-47b0-9ecc-e69e3b6a17f6
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