SIOUX KNIFE SCABBARD OWNED BY "TAKES ALIVE" FAMILY
From Cheyenne River Reservation, having ornamented upper cuff likely reused from prior arm band decorated in quill, lazy stitch beading, buffalo rawhide scabbard in vermillion red trade paint (from China, originally brought west by Lewis and Clark), with brass tack and copper rivets.Thomas Mails describes this old style painting of rawhide in his book "Plains Indians (Dog Soldiers, Bear Men & Buffalo Women)".From Browning Museum in Montana, there was an attached paper tag which carries the museum description and identification number A-g-7-19.
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From Cheyenne River Reservation, having ornamented upper cuff likely reused from prior arm band decorated in quill, lazy stitch beading, buffalo rawhide scabbard in vermillion red trade paint (from China, originally brought west by Lewis and Clark), with brass tack and copper rivets.Thomas Mails describes this old style painting of rawhide in his book "Plains Indians (Dog Soldiers, Bear Men & Buffalo Women)".From Browning Museum in Montana, there was an attached paper tag which carries the museum description and identification number A-g-7-19.
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