Collection: Fenn

Item Number: FCKNFS1655

Category: Knife-Knife Case

Region: Plains

Tribe: Blackfoot

Period: 1875-1900

Materials: Rawhide, buckskin, glass beads, brass tacks, copper wire.

Description: Made from painted parflech and beaded on one side. Nine brass tacks decorate one side and the mouth is wrapped with copper wire.

Dimensions: Length 13 inches

References:

Hanson, James A., Spirits in the Arts: From the Plains and Soutwest Indian Cultures, The Lowell Press, Kansas City, 1994, pp 24

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