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Knife Sheath
Knife Sheath

Knife Sheath

Date1860-1870
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. (27.3 × 8.9 cm)
Object numberT0321
Credit LineGift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw
Photograph by Richard Walker
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, MA, December 6, 1994 - May 2, 1995.

The Flag in American Indian Art, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, August 30, 1997 - January 18, 1998; High Museum of Art, Atlanta GA. February 21, 1998 - June 13, 1998; Historical Society of Saginaw County, (Castle Museum), Saginaw, MI. August 1, 1998 - September 27, 1998; Houston Museum of Natural Science. October 1998 - March 1999;Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE. July 3, 1999 - August 29, 1999; Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket, CT. October 1999 - December 1999.
ProvenanceJonathan Holstein, Cazenovia, NY
BibliographyHerbst, Toby, and Joel Kopp. The Flag in American Indian Art. Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1993, p. 112, pl. 114.

Vincent, Gilbert et al. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2000, p.144.

Fognell, Eva and Alexander Brier Marr, eds. Art of the North American Indians: The Thaw Collection at the Fenimore Art Museum,
2nd ed. Cooperstown, New York: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016, p. 142.
On View
Not on view
Hair Drop
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1900
Bag
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1870-1875
Dress
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1895
Bag
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
c. 1880
Saddle
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1890-1910
Possible Bag
Lakota (Teton Sioux)
1890-1910
Cases
Kiowa
1860-1870
Bag
Brule Sioux (Lakota)
1890-1910
Strike-a-Light Bag
Kiowa
1860-1879
Bag
Kiowa
1860-1870
Spoon
Western Sioux type
c. 1890
Bag
Odawa or cultural relatives
c. 1790

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